View from campground site

[Geedoed]

Having a difficult time keeping the foreground light (in this case the tree on the left) and when I get the tree looking like a tree, the sky is washed out............any suggestions for a person that wants to learn?

EXIF:
Canon PowerShot SX20IS
f/4
1/1250 exp
ISO-125
focal length 13mm
no flash
wb=auto

Gary

[EOBeav]

Probably the first lesson all photogs learn: Sunlight and shadows don't play nicely on a digital sensor. This can be taken care of a few different ways. One is to take the shot with the sunlight to your back (ideally with the sun low-ish on the horizon). The other is to take two different exposures, one for the sky and one for the tree, and blend the two in photoshop, GIMP, etc...

[Geedoed]

Thanks for the quick feedback, I guess it was an impossible shot to do all at once, especially from this angle.................I'm still learning the pp thing as well

[dbright007]

Hard shot to try to make.
Did you try with a couple flash settings on just to try to light up the tree a bit?

[Geedoed]

Yes, but it tended to washout the sky badly.

Originally Posted by dbright007

Hard shot to try to make.
Did you try with a couple flash settings on just to try to light up the tree a bit?