David wrote: "Thanks for the suggestions! It was previously suggested that I try a polarizing filter, which I shall do. But, one might ask, why would that help? (I guess I like knowing the "whys")
But, be that as it may, it seems that most of my sky shots are washed out, but now and then a shot with wonderful skies creeps in for no known reason. The digital camera (gasp) seems to produce a sky color that just leaps out of the photo." David, matching exposures between the sky and the foreground can be tricky. The sky can sometimes be four or more stops brighter than your subject. They make what are called graduated neutral density filters for situations like that. The filter works by blocking some of the light from the sky while allowing the foreground full exposure. This is a link to one of the cheaper ones: http://www.adorama.com/CKA121.html here are a couple websites that explain their use: http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/content/2003/aug/howto_graduated.html http://members.aol.com/kevinoneil/nd.html I hope this helps. Tom Reese
