Photographers usually struggle against blown-out skies. Such a sky has very little detail and color, or may appear entirely white. This occurs when your camera lets in enough light to make a good exposure for a subject on the ground, but that amount of light overexposes the sky. Sometimes this may be desirable; perhaps an object in the sky has an interesting shape that you don't want sky detail to detract from. You can overexpose the sky in-camera and with an image editing program.
Instructions
Digital Camera Settings
- 1
Select the Program exposure mode on your camera, or the mode in which your specific camera makes use of automatic exposure settings.
2Find the Exposure Compensation button on your camera. This is usually marked by a "+/-" symbol.
3Hold down the Exposure Compensation button while you turn the selector dial in the direction of overexposure. This should read "+" with a number value in a digital display panel, indicating that the camera will now let in more light than what is necessary to make a proper exposure.
4Take a photograph with this level of exposure compensation and observe the results. If the sky still has too much detail, increase the level of overexposure. If there is too much light entering the camera and other details are blown out, decrease the amount of exposure.
5Use Manual exposure mode if your camera does not have an Exposure Compensation button. Adjust the shutter speed and/or aperture settings so that your camera's light meter display indicates overexposure. This may be marked by a series of bars that extend out from a center dot toward a plus sign. Increase or decrease the amount of overexposure as needed.
Image-Editing Program
- 6
Open the photo in an image-editing program by clicking "File > Open" and selecting the image from its folder.
7Locate the Brightness/Contrast controls. Drag the scales for Brightness in a positive direction to increase the value of the sky. Adjust the Contrast scale if it does not detract from any other details in your photo.
8Choose the Shadow/Highlight option for more control over the values, if your image-editing program provides it. This tool may allow you to better isolate the sky by increasing the value of only the highlights in the photo. If few other highlights are in the image other than the sky, this tool can be effective.
9Use a selection tool to isolate the non-sky portion of the image from the sky portion if you need even more control. Depending on the image-editing program that you are using, this can include different types of lasso tools, magic wands or quick masks. Once you select only the sky, you can add layers to lighten it or use levels to adjust its value.
Photographers usually struggle against blown-out skies. Such a sky has very little detail and color, or may appear entirely white. This occurs when your camera lets in enough light to make a good exposure for a subject on the ground, but that amount of light overexposes the sky. Sometimes this may be desirable; perhaps an object in the sky has an interesting shape that you don't want sky detail to detract from. You can overexpose the sky in-camera and with an image editing program.
Instructions
Digital Camera Settings
- 1
Select the Program exposure mode on your camera, or the mode in which your specific camera makes use of automatic exposure settings.
2Find the Exposure Compensation button on your camera. This is usually marked by a "+/-" symbol.
3Hold down the Exposure Compensation button while you turn the selector dial in the direction of overexposure. This should read "+" with a number value in a digital display panel, indicating that the camera will now let in more light than what is necessary to make a proper exposure.
4Take a photograph with this level of exposure compensation and observe the results. If the sky still has too much detail, increase the level of overexposure. If there is too much light entering the camera and other details are blown out, decrease the amount of exposure.
5Use Manual exposure mode if your camera does not have an Exposure Compensation button. Adjust the shutter speed and/or aperture settings so that your camera's light meter display indicates overexposure. This may be marked by a series of bars that extend out from a center dot toward a plus sign. Increase or decrease the amount of overexposure as needed.
Image-Editing Program
- 6
Open the photo in an image-editing program by clicking "File > Open" and selecting the image from its folder.
7Locate the Brightness/Contrast controls. Drag the scales for Brightness in a positive direction to increase the value of the sky. Adjust the Contrast scale if it does not detract from any other details in your photo.
8Choose the Shadow/Highlight option for more control over the values, if your image-editing program provides it. This tool may allow you to better isolate the sky by increasing the value of only the highlights in the photo. If few other highlights are in the image other than the sky, this tool can be effective.
9Use a selection tool to isolate the non-sky portion of the image from the sky portion if you need even more control. Depending on the image-editing program that you are using, this can include different types of lasso tools, magic wands or quick masks. Once you select only the sky, you can add layers to lighten it or use levels to adjust its value.
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