This is a little dark, Yami, although graphically it's kind of neat like this, with the saddle of the dark hills in the foreground presenting the mountaintop in the background! It definitely illustrates the wet, stormy day you describe! I think Neil gave you some great advice on exposing for the dark foreground, although the sky might get a little washed out if you did. If you have a tripod when shooting this kind of shot, one solution is to take two images, one exposed for the foreground and one for the sky, then combine the two in the computer. Looks like you have a little spot on your lens - maybe a raindrop? I tried a little exposure correction with Paint Shop Pro - you like?
i agree that the photo is too dark. a bit hard to make out what it really is.... but maybe that will attract mroe viewers? will now look at the rest of your portfolio.... james
Hi Yamreij, Many thanks for your kind comment on "St. Tropez". Yes, it really does look like these houses will be washed away one day :)
To this photo - i find it pretty dark especially the bottom part of it.
What i think has happened is:
There is so much bright sky (compared to the foreground) that the light meter thinks it need to close the exposure and darken things down a little, so you need to compensate this by increasing the exposure accordingly. This often happens with pictures taken in snow or very bright situations. I don't know your camera but look and see if you have an exposure compensation and play with this a little - remember if it's bright, open up and conversely if it's dark, close down. Another way to correct this would be to take a reading off a middle tone (something green perhaps) and then lock the exposure. The biggest problem here is the difference between the sky and the ground, it's just too much for the system to cope with. You could solve it with a "Grad filter" allowing you to expose for the ground and holding back the sky, or shooting 2 photos (one for the sky, one for the ground) from a tripod (locked off) and then combining the two in PS. So sorry if i've bored or confused you . The main thing is to have fun and keep improving, which i'm sure you will :) Best wishes from Switzerland Neil
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