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D3100
Overexposed?
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<blockquote data-quote="Poolkas" data-source="post: 52796" data-attributes="member: 9372"><p> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td></td><td> <br /> I headed out this evening at 7 pm with my D3100 in lovely evening sunshine (odd for Northern Ireland) to try out some shutter priority shots at the local salmon weir, i.e. weir, tree reflecting on pool above weir, lovely blue sky behind (approx 2/5 of view). Used my 50mm f1.8 AF-S. Tried Auto to get indicative readings before going to manual. Selected 2 secs and highest F (22) at ISO 100. Guess what? Blown. I tried all sorts. Thing is if I moved below 2 secs the water would not blur so it had to stay. Could not reduce ISO. Camera would not give me more than f22 (though fleetingly I saw f35 which disappeared almost instantly. Changing to my kit lens 18-55 f4-5.6 saw a little improvement but the sky was so pale, tree and background greenery washed out even at 1/2 sec[ATTACH]9999[/ATTACH][ATTACH]10000[/ATTACH]. I don't yet know enough to get into filters, nor do I know enough about Adobe (I have NX viewer2 and Gimp). What am I doing wrong. Big learning step here for me. Help would be appreciated. Do I need filters and if so which?<br /> PS I have reduced the size of the photos. I don't yet know how to add metadata as I am a total newcomer to the site.<br /> </td></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Poolkas, post: 52796, member: 9372"] [TABLE] [TR] [TD="width: 70"][/TD] [TD="class: commentcontainer"] I headed out this evening at 7 pm with my D3100 in lovely evening sunshine (odd for Northern Ireland) to try out some shutter priority shots at the local salmon weir, i.e. weir, tree reflecting on pool above weir, lovely blue sky behind (approx 2/5 of view). Used my 50mm f1.8 AF-S. Tried Auto to get indicative readings before going to manual. Selected 2 secs and highest F (22) at ISO 100. Guess what? Blown. I tried all sorts. Thing is if I moved below 2 secs the water would not blur so it had to stay. Could not reduce ISO. Camera would not give me more than f22 (though fleetingly I saw f35 which disappeared almost instantly. Changing to my kit lens 18-55 f4-5.6 saw a little improvement but the sky was so pale, tree and background greenery washed out even at 1/2 sec[ATTACH=CONFIG]9999._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]10000._xfImport[/ATTACH]. I don't yet know enough to get into filters, nor do I know enough about Adobe (I have NX viewer2 and Gimp). What am I doing wrong. Big learning step here for me. Help would be appreciated. Do I need filters and if so which? PS I have reduced the size of the photos. I don't yet know how to add metadata as I am a total newcomer to the site. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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