the sky was blue why is it white? what settings do I need to change?

If I'm right, the camera is overexposing, which means that the sky, the brightest object in the picture, will be white.




Try adjusting exposure (sometimes seen as +/- 0.0 EV) settings - lower them - to compensate. As in negative numbers. My friend'* cheapo Kodak camera can do it, so I don't see why any other decent camera wouldn't.

ya i can do that with my 1mp kodak (stop laughing). and my 35mm but thats an olypmus, very nice camera there. but ya you should be able to adjust it.

That'* a tough shot. Lowering the EV will bring the sky to color, but the shadows will get really dark.

I guess you can't win them all.

Well with the joys of digital, you could take two identical pics with different exposures and stitch them in photoshop if you really wanted a perfect shot.

Or if your camera supports it, it can take the same shot and apply different exposures to it and end up with 3 of the same pics that look different.

wouldnt a polarizer lense help this a lot?

Yes, a polarizer can help darken the sky. But that'* pretty harsh light, so it would need to still be underexposed.

My signature picture was three seperate shots taken from a tripod: one for the snow, one for the car, and one for the sky. The sky shot was underexposed and i used a color balance called "daylight" on the camera. The car was done with "auto" color balance and "auto" exposure. The snow was done with "snow" color balance and "auto" exposure.
Full version of my sig: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~tjburris/...202%20copy.jpg

this was great advice,and got me thinking i only need one picture and with the joys of photoshop you can change the brightess and contrast and settings with photoshop and put it together that way aswell