Cedar lake (aka Blaine lake) photos

drknap · Post by **drknap** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:08 pm

Good time at Cedar lake today. Cloudy day. I wish I could get some beter color out of the shots. Photo guys any advice appreciated. Denis thanks for taking some shots.

http://www.lakawa.com/lakawaphoto/albums.php?show=75

steveb · Post by **steveb** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:42 pm

Kurt. Thanks for the photos. it was great to see everyone today.
Man than Bularoo is pink, I guess only real men ride pink.

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faceplant · Post by **faceplant** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:50 pm

Hey Kurt,

Those are great shots as usual. The lack of color is just because they're a bit under exposed. I'm betting that the bright snow and clouds tricked your light meter. To fix it, you can either overexpose them when you take 'em, or you can fix them with the "levels" function in Photoshop. I'm sure other photo software has similar features, but I'm only familiar with Photoshop.

Thanks for taking them, though. I love checking out the pics on the days I can't get it out.

Bryan

Tighe · Post by **Tighe** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:23 am

Kurt you might want to check to see if your camera has a white balance adjustment. I think the nicers ones like yours do. Some setting seems to be off on your camera. I've noticed that on the last few albums you've posted. Great shots just a bit off.

thanks for shooting them and putting them up.

Coach · Post by **Coach** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:40 am

Tighe's camera tip has some merit, but I don't think it's the white balance. When you're shooting in overcast like that, try setting your camera to manual, metering (in-camera) off of something (like snow), and/or just tweak the auto settings to overexpose by 1 stop. Most of the photos simply look too dark.

I had the same problem. But, I have a hand-held light meter. So, now I meter first and then shoot on manual settings. If you have a light meter that's the way to go.

Oh - and with the flat light, you probably want to boost the contrast, as well.

My unsolicited 2c worth... (you get what you pay for.)

-Coach

pete168 · Post by **pete168** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:19 pm

Kurt

I like using Paint Shop Pro for tweaking shots. It seems to be a bit more user friendly for quick touchups. Give me a call if you want to try the demo version.