orange light/ blue snow

[tenex]

Novice here.
I've just got my first DSLR and find that when taking shots at sunrise/sunset,the snow in shadow is turning very blue. It's a Canon 450 and I've tried various settings to no avail. Although not seen in low level shots, the sky overhead is a very intense deep blue.
Midday shots with the sun behind certainly reduces the problem.
I'm sorry, I know nothing about the processing side. I would like some "camera advice", if at all possible, please.

Thankyou in advance.
Andrew

[andy-xr]

Overexpose and set a white balance with a higher yellow point if you can. If no option to do that in camera, shoot RAW and batch adjust later, but try to get the exposure up a bit

[paul911]

Set your camera to overexpose by 2/3 of a stop.

[LongQ]

paul911 said:

Set your camera to overexpose by 2/3 of a stop.

See 'Setting Exposure Compensation' in the manual. Should be Page 78.

In case you don't have the manual handy it can be obtained from here.

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/eos...



This works (it says) an all exposure modes EXCEPT Manual mode. Which is, of course, self evident since in manual you woould set your own values to alter the exposure. Basically snow will fool the camera's systems into thinking that everything is brighter than it really is. The compensation setting allows you to correct for that without having to work out alternative settings for yourself.

You might also find that a little white balance tweaking (Custom white balance in the camera or in editing) would do a job for you but that is probably something for a little way down the track. (It would also be best ro be shooting in RAW mode too since white balance stuff is much more usable in RAW than jpg - but don't worry too much abou that for now - just enjoy the new toy!)

[tenex]

Thankyou for your replies. They make a lot of sense.
I have actually been reading the manual.(breaking a lifetime's habit)
The freedom you get with Digital as opposed to my old film camera certainly encourages you to crack on.
I think I've probably been fiddling too much and lost my reference points.

Seasonal Greetings to all.

[Killwilly]

I have a 450D and find that it does tend to underexpose. For most of my photographs I overexpose by at least 1/3, like others have said experiment with various settings. Stick with it, its a great camera.

[Simpo Two]

I would set the white balance to 'auto' for starters - you may have it on 'tungsten' or similar, and find/learn how to use the histogram as this will show the exposure. Snow in sunlight is going to need about +2EV I'd have thought. At least with digital you can check and adjust as you go