Highlights of swan lost by my cheaper camera

One of the frustrations of a cheaper digital camera is its inability to respond to 'difficult' exposure situations.

For example, a couple of weeks ago the ice at Stone was defrosting following overnight rain.  The canal outside Joule's old brewery had a deceptive film of water which had seduced unsuspecting swans to land, and they were bemused at this 'solid water', waddling and sliding ungracefully around the nearby narrowboats.

The sun was low but bright in a clear blue sky, and when I snatched a few photographs I had no time to check the exposure settings. 

The result was burned-out highlights of the swan's brilliant white features, and they are gone for good.   A more expensive camera would likely not have been confounded by such a difficult subject.

Photographer Ken Rockwell has loads of good tips on such problems on his website.  He describes countering this problem on the page 'Adding dynamic range to any digital camera'.

Comments

[Sarah]

I quite like the cut-out swan!