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[Paul]

Question:While looking through some images i had taken i noticed a couple of them had flashing blackout portions over where the lightest portions of the image should be, is this normal?It only happened on a couple of images and all i can put it down to is over zealous me and my tampering with the white balance manual settings, am i correct or is it something else?Like i said it as only happened on a couple of images that i have since deleted.

Just made a simple gif file of what i mean, this is not what i originally had this is just a lamp from our bedroom to show what i mean.
:banghead:

 

[Paul]

Bumped with new image.

 

[Tom Mann]

I know you know about the highlight warning indicators on camera displays, in ACR, etc. Is this something more than this? What software are you using when your see this?

T

 

[Hoogle]

you have activated the clipping warning on your nikon just press the up arrow and it will cycle through the preview modes. that is just telling you there is no actual data recorded for those parts aka over exposed (pure white) under exposed (pure black) same as if you opened it up in camera raw.

this tends to be more apparant when shooting jpeg mode because raw will capture more detail.

 

[Paul]

Thanks H understand it now, thanks Tom for reply.

 

[MikeMc]

Cool explanation for non Nikon users!

 

[Steve]

That's a great thing to know about Paul.
As already explained it's showing highlight clipping.
The fix for that is learning how to use Exposure Compensation on your camera.

If you're using full automatic EC probably won't work.
If you're shooting Programmable it probably will.

Ideally you're shooting aperture preferred and RAW.
Rule of thumb is to expose for the highlights because it's very likely the important details of most shots are in the highlights and not in the shadow.

Next time you're out shooting take your shot and look for clipping.
If you see it, use exposure compensation and adjust to -1/3 or -1/2 and try again.

Keep adjusting until you loose most or all of the clipping (blinking).
-1 or -1½ or more isn't unreasonable in some situations.

It may looked a bit underexposed in the camera preview but you'll be able to bring it all back in ACR.

 

[Paul]

Got it Steve, i just hit the panic button i thought my camera screen was broken, then i calmed down and realised it was only a couple of the images i had taken and the fact the lighting for them was way brighter than the other shots.
Thanks.

 

[Steve]

OK mate but realize you stumbled onto a great tool to greatly improve your photos.