My first experiment in the snow was to examine how my camera's light meter coped with a snow filled landscape. I made three identical images each increasing the exposure by one stop in each successive image. These are below:
It is pretty clear that the first 'normal' exposure is in fact very underexposed. The second is close to a desired result but is still perhaps slightly underexposed. The final image which was set at +2EV is about right perhaps a little over. So it seems that for a scene such as this +1.5 to +2.0 EV seems about right in terms of exposure adjustment.
For my next experiment I took a shot under a tree looking out into the fields beyond to see how the snow acted as a reflector to fill the shadows under the tree. This is the image:
The detail on the underside of the branches is in fact quite clear and so the fill effect is quite marked. Under normal conditions the tree would have been a silhouette.
I took a second shot to see how a bright background would appear. Although I did not take this into the sun and so I did not see any flare as the notes suggested might happen:
I was quite pleased with this image. The detail in the background is very clear and the unusual shape of the tree makes an interesting subject. Finally, I made some abstract images of the trees covered in snow as an experiment.
This image contrast sharply with the last....the effect is to flatten the image - there is little sense of depth. The branches do however lead the eye to the outside of the frame and one is left wondering what is happening outside the frame.
All in all this was a good afternoon's experimentation.
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