Some pics from todays snow storm.

Just seeing how good the pics from my D5100 look after transfering from camera to computer to phone to here.

Hey....not to shabby! Go easy on me...Im a newb still.

Snow can fool your meter into thinking the scene is brighter than it really is thus underexposing and making the snow come out gray. You might try boosting your exposure a bit by shooting in manual and setting the exposure or dialing in a little exposure compensation if shooting in an auto mode.

KansanShooter said:

Hey....not to shabby! Go easy on me...Im a newb still.

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You don't have to apologize. Being a newbie is not a bad thing. We were all newbies at one time. The best way to learn and get better is to take lots of photos of lots of things, and most of all, HAVE FUN!!!

I did shoot these in manual. I only messed with the aperture and shutter speed. Do I need to go into the menu to mess with the exposure?

There's a button that has a +/_ on it. That's your exposure compensation. You can increase or decrease exposure 5 stops in 1/3 increments. This only works in Program, Aperture Priority or Shutter Priority. In manual mode, you just increase the exposure by adjusting either the shutter speed or aperture depending on your needs.

Looks too blue to me.erhaps a change in White Balance may be needed.
Kinda noob myself.

As mentioned, you need to over-expose a notch or two. Did you try the 'snow' effects/scene?
Good way to learn is to let the camera make the settings, then replicate manually and try to see what the differences are when you change one of the settings, eg change ISO to faster and slower speeds.

Just a change of white balance (Auto), shadow reduce with this one. Hope you dont mind.

yep, that works!

Yeah..that looks great!