I need a little guidance...

[BorisMD]

So, I've been trying to capture what I think is an interesting snow photo from where the landscape lighting has melted the snow. ; It's this sort of snow cave that is lit from within. ; I took this at twilight, and slightly post-processed. ; It was taken with the 10-22 at 10mm just inches from the edge of the snow.

The landscape light is a compact fluorescent bulb (I don't remember the color temp).

Here's my exposure settings:

f/4 1/40 ISO 100 +1/3 EV; ; handheld, auto WB, JPEG

So, it doesn't quite look like I thought it would, but I'm having a hard time figuring out why. ; It looks much more interesting in reality than in the photo. ; I'm not sure if it's settings, or I'm not getting the "right" perspective.

Any suggestions are welcome. ; I don't think the snow is going anywhere fast.

Regards,

Boris

 

[Scottwdw]

If it is fluorescent, change your white balance to fluorescent and re-take the shot. ; You might try incandescent, too. ; If that doesn't work, switch to RAW and you can alter the white balance in post. ; BTW, it's a really cool shot as it is.

 

[prettypixie]

Very cool shot - RAW would be a BIG help!

 

[BorisMD]

Okay, here's two more attempts, but I forgot to do the RAW thing.

New snow added (not by me), and slightly different timing and perspectives.

I welcome any suggestions. ; Sorry if I'm beating this topic to death...

 

[gary]

no, it's ok, we'll keep at it collectively until we get it right, are you using +1 stop exposure compensation? that's the standard to overcome the camera's attempt to make the white snow into 18% gray

 

[Scottwdw]

Are you using a tripod? ; I wonder how they'd look if you stepped down the lens to around f/16 which will give you a lot of depth of field and pick up more of the snow texture. ; Yes, use EV +1 or better to whiten up the snow.