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KEEP YOUR SNOW WHITE
ONE OF the trickiest parts of shooting wildlife in a beautiful
snowy landscape is that snow is extremely reflective, which can
throw off your exposure and white balance. Your best bet is to
shoot in Canon’s Raw format such as CR2 or CR3, so that both
the exposure and white balance can be adjusted in post-
production using a program like Photoshop CC’s Adobe Camera
Raw or DPP easily. To stop the snow looking too grey in-camera
you can try setting the camera’s White Balance to Cloudy,
and increase the exposure compensation a little to
make the picture brighter.DON’T FOG YOUR GEAR
CONDENSATION can form on
your lenses when you bring
them in to a warm house from
a cold shoot on a frosty
morning. It’s best to avoid this
at all costs for numerous
reasons, including (but not
limited to) fungus growing
inside the lens barrel which is
near-impossible to get rid of!
To avoid repair costs, leave
your camera and lenses inside
of your camera bag with the
cold air in it from outside and
leave it in the coldest room ofthe house, so it’s brought up to
temperature slowly – a front
porch is ideal.
To be sure, you can pop
your camera and lenses in zip
lock bags while outside to
surround them with cooler air.
Or you can wrap your entire
camera bag in a bin liner and
tie it off to keep some of that
cool air in before bringing it
indoors. This will help your
equipment acclimatize much
more gradually and prevent
condensation from forming.Get the right gear
Ensure you’re set up for the chilly winter season with the right kit
WINTERWILDLIFE
Don’t let condensation
get the better of your
camera’s lenses!