Comments on: Why is the snow gray in my winter photos?

By: Larry Kurfis

Larry Kurfis — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 22:54:53 +0000

Good job.

By: SirLost

SirLost — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:30:00 +0000

A bit late on the discussion but how does exposure compensation ties with the white balance settings available in the camera settings (fluorescent etc)?
Great article nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoy reading through your blog: always full of inspiring and helpful articles!
Thanks 🙂

By: Dan Wei

Dan Wei — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 15:23:00 +0000

Thank you for sharing this article. It is easy to understand with actual photos displayed.

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 21:23:00 +0000

In reply to Prasanna venkatesh k. Awesome!

By: Prasanna venkatesh k

Prasanna venkatesh k — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 16:29:00 +0000

Nice article simple and easy to understand. Many a times i thought histogram should always be in center. But now i understood is wrong. Next time i won’t hesitate to use that exposure compensation setting 🙂

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 06:41:00 +0000

In reply to MountainSage. I only see them once no worries

By: MountainSage

MountainSage — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 04:40:00 +0000

In reply to Darlene Hildebrandt. I don't know why my posts are posting numerous times. Sorry.

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 01:01:00 +0000

In reply to Guest. Yes you'd have to light it somehow and do a white balance for that lighting - tricky for sure

By: MountainSage

MountainSage — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 00:28:00 +0000

Night shot of snow – makes it hard to get white snow.

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 00:27:00 +0000

It’s especially hard to get white snow when it’s dark outside.

By: Francisco Granadeiro

Francisco Granadeiro — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 23:14:00 +0000

Interesting article and very weel explained

By: HT

HT — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 16:32:28 +0000

Thanks for the great info. I’ve run into this before but since I shoot. RAW, I adjusted using Lightroom. But nice to know before I shoot and reduce the need to edit.

By: oliver

oliver — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 15:49:01 +0000

A very helpful article. A use my camera mainly for videography and secondarily for photography. I constantly use a histogram and prefer manual mode due to my interest in videography. When taking photographs I usually use Av mode because that suits my purposes most of the time. I’ve never thought of the subject you’re writing about and it makes total sense. I can definitely use this info in my videography as well – I often shoot in front of a black backdrop and exposure settings are key.

By: Darlene

Darlene — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 07:00:02 +0000

In reply to HEATHER. Glad that helped!

By: Darlene

Darlene — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 06:59:44 +0000

In reply to Ron. Exactly! But unless the sky is the subject such as in a sunset that's not what you want. But the reason it's underexposed is because when the camera measures the light off a white subject it says "whoa that's a lot of light we need less exposure" because its goal is to make it gray

By: HEATHER

HEATHER — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 03:24:12 +0000

Such a simple, concise explanation. Thanks, I finally know how to use exposure comp in A mode. Cheers.

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 00:23:16 +0000

The snow is gray because it is underexposed. The bright sky causes the camera’s metering system to shut the lens diaphragm down in order to get the sky exposed correctly. This is great for the sky but it underexposes the snow.

By: Arie

Arie — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:07:12 +0000

Thank you ,very nice pics and interesting