frost and snow..

Can anyone give me some good tips on taking frost and snow photos i failed dismal with my last frost photos they came out blurred..Thanks in advance..

 

Correct exposure is the key to good snow photography. Cameras with automatic exposures will always expose for mid tones and so will turn snow grey - not white. Have a look at your camera's instruction book and see if there is a setting for snow or beach scenes. If there is, then that's the one to go for. If not, you will have to go to manual exposure and over expose by a stop or two. Then you will get white show.

You mentioned blurred snow shots. Perhaps you were shivering . No - the reason was probably becuse your camera's automatic focussing couldn't find anything to focus on. It needs some contrast to focus on so look for a dark/light contrast somewhere in the centre of the scene . If there is nothing but white, then set your camera to infinity for landscapes. If you are wanting to photograph something closer like a branch of a tree covered in snow, then you have got to get the focus sharp. Look for contrast or go to manual focus if your camera lets you.

Good luck - good snow shots are not easy and bad ones are so disappointing. The best ones are taken when the sun is shining - that's when the snow sparkles.

 

Thanks i have just been out and actually taken some decent frost ones i have no snow yet to experiment on.. :( The ones you did in the crystal forest were excellent as you captured frost on berrys and thats where i have a problem..leaves and berrys..but will definately keep trying..i will get my manual out later..I also have a decent camera that isnt a digital so i am going to put a new battery in that and have a go ..

 

I just took this one the frost isnt as heavy as i would like ..

 

Some great tips HB - just waiting for the snow now.... :rolleyes: I love the colours in your pic WF - we havent even got any frost here :(

 

Just a little snow this morning. No sun and overcast skies mean that the snow will look grey as it reflects the light and colour of the sky. A blue sky will really make a snow scene sparkle. In these shots, I have tried to brighten the snow by over exposing and a black border helps to make the snow look whiter than it is.

My hornbeam avatar



Approaching the forest





How the mighty are fallen - a victim of last week's storm

 

HB>>AWESOME.PICTURES .its a shame about that tree though !! Their are some like that by me..I am so jealous you have snow..grrrrrr

 

Snow has vanished already - now it's just grey and damp again

 

HB.Brilliant photos of the snow and Hatfield Forest...The sun is shining here,so our snow is fast vanishing.It is bitterly cold though.

 

HB I see you use the same camera as one of mine.
Did you use a tripod for the pic of the fallen tree cos at 1/36 you must have a very steady hand. It's brilliantly sharp

 

No Dave -I didn't use a tripod. Camera was a Nikon Coolpix

 

The 7900 I think. It's an amazing piece of technology for something that fits in a shirt pocket. My only complaint about it is that it doesn't have a dioptre adjustment on the EVF and I have to use the LCD screen most of the time.

 

Yes it is the 7900 and it is brilliant. I use it much more than my bigger camera because it is so compact and so versatile. It has the largest range of programmeed applications that I know of


I always use the LCD screen.

 

excellent photos hb, great to see the tree as your avatar in a winter scene, well done.