Help! Pictures look too bright!

Prophet · 6 Jul 2006 at 10:53

I attend several car shows over the summer and have noticed a lot of my pics suffer from overly bright whites etc. I'm using a 350D with either the kit lens or a Canon 100-300 USM. I've not got a lens hood and most of the time Im in TV mode so I can get some motion blur etc.

What steps can I take to solve this problem?

Cheers,
Neil.

Prophet · 6 Jul 2006 at 12:04

AdWright said:
It sounds as though you are over-exposing ('blowing') the highlights, ie, the brighter areas of the picture. You will need to lower your shutter speed, increase the aperture value (ie smaller aperture) or lower the ISO. Additionally, you can dial in some negative exposure compensation.

Why don't you post an example for people to see, for extra advice

I'll get one posted when I get back from work

Prophet · 6 Jul 2006 at 12:56

AdWright said:
Please include the EXIF info also so we can see what settings were used

Will do

Prophet · 6 Jul 2006 at 20:20

This isnt a great example but shows what I mean. Car to the right.

Prophet · 6 Jul 2006 at 21:57

SDK^ said:
You haven't included the EXIF info

It could be anything but Partial Metering or Exposure Compensation seems most likely.

I resized the image! How do I keep the info and resize it?

Edit...

Shutter Speed 1/400
Exposure Program: Normal
F-Stop f/11.0
AV f/11
ISO 400
Focal Length: 18.0mm

Looking at this I'd say the shutter speed was too slow and the ISO is too high! The camera was set to full auto so I'm surprised that these settings were used!?!?

Just found the info using CS2..

Prophet · 7 Jul 2006 at 08:09

Thanks for all the replies

I'm off to Billing Aquadrome for a weekend car show. Hopefully I can put what you've sugested into practice and get some better results.

I'll post on Sunday PM when I get back