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Originally Posted by JohnBrainard
...So, I'm going to have to figure out what subjects work best in this kind of lighting. I like the benches on the pier. This one is simple, I think, but interesting...
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Hi John.
Looking at your photo the sky is well exposed but the pier is looking dark and could use more exposure to get a better image. This happens because the sky (which makes a large portion of the image) is brighter and the camera meter makes an exposure choice that is biased towards the sky leaving the pier and benches looking dark and dull.
You can improve this in several ways.
1. You should try as much as possible to use a tripod for landscape photography, this will allow the use of the lowest ISO giving cleaner and sharper photos.
2. You can use a
graduated neutral density (GND) filter, this filter decreases the light transmission from the sky while leaving the ground as is bringing the exposure values (EV) of both parts closer. This will allow your meter to bring both the sky and the pier into proper exposure for better results.
3. If the filter is not something you want to use, with the camera on the tripod you can take multiple exposures - first at normal exposure, second one stop over and a third at one stop under (you can use the Auto-bracket exposure function on your camera for this) producing three images that when combined can yield a final image with higher dynamic range. You may want to explore more about HDR technique and see if this interest you. Check this
article here on DPS to get you started.
Hope this helps.