Ice fishing Photogaphy

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Kevin H

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well I'm off sunday Icefishing and Taking the camera what sort of setting in that bright sun and reflecting off the snow/ice would be a good start ???
 
BackdoorArts

BackdoorArts

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I think you mean -2 EV!!

Regardless, shoot RAW, or at least do a lot of histogram checking to make sure you're not overexposing everything. In other words, if there's a big hump going off the right end of the histogram, lower the EV value.
 
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John!

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BackdoorHippie said:
I think you mean -2 EV!!

Regardless, shoot RAW, or at least do a lot of histogram checking to make sure you're not overexposing everything. In other words, if there's a big hump going off the right end of the histogram, lower the EV value.
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Depends what you want properly exposed. If the scene is predominantly ice/snow you will want to overexpose by at least 1EV or more. Otherwise the camera's built in meter will try to expose everything (including white snow) to 18% grey. This would severely underexpose darker subjects.
 
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STM

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Maybe it's just me, but if it is cold enough to freeze a lake with ice a foot thick, than it is way too dang cold to be outside!

Maybe this Sunday I will put on some shorts and a t-shirt and go wash the Jeep! :p
 
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stmv

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another fun aspect is the ice cracks..and bubbles


frozenbubblesprint5.jpg
 
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snaphappy

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Ok I'm a newbie but I have shot ALOT of snow and ice pics in the last few weeks and yes I have had to +EV quite a bit unless it is a very very sunny and then autoWB turns snow blue.
On super sunny days I found using a polarizing filter was fantastic! If you enjoy fishing which I assume you do by your name I'd say a polarizing filter might be a good addition to your camera bag. Using the CPOL filter snow was actually white and the shine on the water and ice was helped dramatically so I could see things like rocks in the river and bubbles in ice.
If it's shady or even slightly cloudy even a bit I quite often have to up the exposure or end up with grey snow

Here are some links that Fotojack shared with me and I found helpful maybe you'll find them helpful as well

http://www.digicamhelp.com/how-to/nature/snow/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY1lljNhrYU
 
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