@teriyakih I see you have ADSee - I am not familiar with that one, but I have Affinity, which I imagine has a lot of similarities. In processing, you can pull up the White level or play with a litte brightness, which sometimes works. Also adjusting the colour balance and pulling it away from the Cyans and Blues a little towards Reds and Yellows can help correct it.
The trick with snow is to know the camera will automatically pick up its natural reflections, which are actually more on the blue scale. Greyness comes with under exposure. If you have the ability to open it up a couple of stops and let more light in, you generally avoid grey.
The camera naturally under exposes snow because of its brightness and the shadows can look blue. Personally, I leave that because I think blue shadows is what I see out there in nature with snow, but if the snow itself has a cast then try adjusting the colour balance and white. Some cameras will let you set the White Balance manually for shooting to avoid it. The blue is a mix of under exposure and reflections from the sky. Seems crazy to think it would be under exposed when snow is so bright, but that is exactly why it is. Camera gets overwhelmed and stops down automatically.
There are some good articles online about shooting in snow - you might find googling it helpful.
@casablanca excellent information, thanks for taking the time to give a response and share your knowledge.
There was such a fine line on this bright day between under and over exposure that it drove me crazy. I almost never get snow, and I can see that many of you are fantastic with it!
I am always looking to grow and get helpful comments like yours, Cheers!
@teriyakih I can understand that! I've talked to my camera before and said "why can't you just take what I see?!" But of course the human eye filters things out in a clever way, whereas the lens doesn't.
I love this community for its shared knowledge. I have asked so many questions of people and learned so much here. Delighted to pass it on. All the best!
March 6th, 2019
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The trick with snow is to know the camera will automatically pick up its natural reflections, which are actually more on the blue scale. Greyness comes with under exposure. If you have the ability to open it up a couple of stops and let more light in, you generally avoid grey.
The camera naturally under exposes snow because of its brightness and the shadows can look blue. Personally, I leave that because I think blue shadows is what I see out there in nature with snow, but if the snow itself has a cast then try adjusting the colour balance and white. Some cameras will let you set the White Balance manually for shooting to avoid it. The blue is a mix of under exposure and reflections from the sky. Seems crazy to think it would be under exposed when snow is so bright, but that is exactly why it is. Camera gets overwhelmed and stops down automatically.
There are some good articles online about shooting in snow - you might find googling it helpful.
There was such a fine line on this bright day between under and over exposure that it drove me crazy. I almost never get snow, and I can see that many of you are fantastic with it!
I am always looking to grow and get helpful comments like yours, Cheers!
I love this community for its shared knowledge. I have asked so many questions of people and learned so much here. Delighted to pass it on. All the best!