I definitely have no problem getting the white snow. I have been
playing with the light metering modes on the camera for experiments.
It's not the snow that bothers me, it often throws off the colours of
the sky, which is what I am more often than not trying to capture at
times. I even make sure that my ISO is bumped down to 100.

jord

On Dec 8, 2003, at 11:09 AM, Judy Kiel wrote:

> ah, another photo tip - when shooting a scene with a lot of snow (or
> white
> in general), overexpose 1-1/2 to 2 stops (either aperture or shutter
> speed,
> depending on your circumstances). You will then get white snow, not
> grey
> snow.
>
> Most light meters try to make everything middle (18%) grey, so the
> reverse
> would hold for images with a lot of dark area.
>
> I will say that I haven't tried this with a digital camera, works with
> film,
> I'd imagine that it wouldn't matter if the camera was digital or not.
>
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