Is this overexposed?

[Carrera2]

Can't tell on my laptop - at some angles it looks fine - at others, overexposed.

Could someone say yay or nay please. Cheers.

[KANEIT]

Carrera2 said:

Oh.

[Andy M]

Looks good to me

The wash is possibly a touch overexposed, but only the tinniest bit...

[Carrera2]

Andy M said:

Looks good to me

The wash is possibly a touch overexposed, but only the tinniest bit...

Thanks Andy - that's a relief!

[havoc]

Looks fine to me...but I thought you had an especially-long lens for beach shots?!?

[V6GTO]

And for those of us with normal size monitors...



Martin.

[franv8]

Don't know if it's a handy hint or not, but if you've got a DSLR, you can normally get it to show you the blown out bits - obviosuly histograms will show some of this,but for example, on the Canon 350D you push the playback button, press the info button that gives you all the shooting info, plus a thumbnail with flashing black/white areas where there is any overexposure.

Apologies if this isn't the camera you ahve or what you were looking to do. Nice pick though!

[beano500]

"Oooooh - shut that Door....."

[Rednut05]

franv8 said:

Don't know if it's a handy hint or not, but if you've got a DSLR, you can normally get it to show you the blown out bits - obviosuly histograms will show some of this,but for example, on the Canon 350D you push the playback button, press the info button that gives you all the shooting info, plus a thumbnail with flashing black/white areas where there is any overexposure.

Apologies if this isn't the camera you ahve or what you were looking to do. Nice pick though!

I'd say he had a Nikon D50.

But I've learnt something new

David

[TheKeyboardDemon]

Rednut05 said:

franv8 said:

Don't know if it's a handy hint or not, but if you've got a DSLR, you can normally get it to show you the blown out bits - obviosuly histograms will show some of this,but for example, on the Canon 350D you push the playback button, press the info button that gives you all the shooting info, plus a thumbnail with flashing black/white areas where there is any overexposure.

Apologies if this isn't the camera you ahve or what you were looking to do. Nice pick though!

I'd say he had a Nikon D50.

But I've learnt something new

David

Have to agree, it must be a Nikon D50. Probably shot at 1100 * 1600 or there abouts.

Nice shot. You might be able to use a bit of dodge around that wash area to knock the exposure down a bit, be sure to add a good feather to the brush so as not to get a dark edge around the areas you were working in.

[minimods]

Durdle Door Great area for walking and photography.

I would agree that it is a spot overexposed, but you could quite easily recover it in photoshop.

[Famous Graham]

minimods said:

Durdle Door Great area for walking and photography.

I would agree that it is a spot overexposed, but you could quite easily recover it in photoshop.

Yep, but only the wash as mentioned above. Tricky one to cope with though, so you've done well to get the rest of the scene nicely exposed

[Carrera2]

TheKeyboardDemon said:

Rednut05 said:

franv8 said:

Don't know if it's a handy hint or not, but if you've got a DSLR, you can normally get it to show you the blown out bits - obviosuly histograms will show some of this,but for example, on the Canon 350D you push the playback button, press the info button that gives you all the shooting info, plus a thumbnail with flashing black/white areas where there is any overexposure.

Apologies if this isn't the camera you ahve or what you were looking to do. Nice pick though!

I'd say he had a Nikon D50.

But I've learnt something new

David

Have to agree, it must be a Nikon D50. Probably shot at 1100 * 1600 or there abouts.

Nice shot. You might be able to use a bit of dodge around that wash area to knock the exposure down a bit, be sure to add a good feather to the brush so as not to get a dark edge around the areas you were working in.

Thanks for the advice - I'm on my work computer now so can see the photo 'as is'

I'll give it a go in PS but I'm pretty rubbish so will almost certainly make it look worse.

All good advice though - cheers.

[Shadytree]

Nice shot, agree with the other comments. Maybe just s smidge over exposed, but would also up the saturation to bring out some rich colour.
Personally I would generate two exposures in Photoshop. One for the rock and the other for the sky, then merge the two.
I've not been to the 'Door' before. Is it best to walk from the Lulwoth Cove or can you park the other side and walk down ?
Tempted to pop down for a sunset shot.

Edited by Shadytree on Monday 2nd July 09:53

[Carrera2]

Shadytree said:

Nice shot, agree with the other comments. Maybe just s smidge over exposed.
Personally I would generate two exposures in Photoshop. One for the rock and the other for the sky, then merge the two.
I've not been to the 'Door' before. Is it best to walk from the Lulwoth Cove or can you park the other side and walk down ?
Tempted to pop down for a sunset shot.

Edited by Shadytree on Monday 2nd July 09:51

I'll give that a whirl and see how I get on!

If you do head down there you can follow the signs for the Door, drive right through the campsite and then into a car park overlooking the sea and walk down from there.

[V6GTO]

Shadytree said:

but would also up the saturation to bring out some rich colour

See my version Also dodged the clouds a tad...

Martin.

[Shadytree]

V6GTO said:

Shadytree said:

but would also up the saturation to bring out some rich colour

See my version Also dodged the clouds a tad...

Martin.

Photobucket blocked here , will have a shifter tonight

[Carrera2]

V6GTO said:

Shadytree said:

but would also up the saturation to bring out some rich colour

See my version Also dodged the clouds a tad...

Martin.

Your version is much better. Is that just a bit of saturation and temp?

[Shadytree]

Not sure how different this is from Matin's, but here's my interpretation...

[V6GTO]

That looks waaaaay over-saturated on my monitor.

Martin.