Gray tinge

[JamesDH]

Hi all,
I noticed something I have never paid much attention to until the other day.
I was taking some sunsets out here on the ocean trying to feel out my new D200.
I was bracketing in 0.7 stops with 5 shots and noticed that some of the shots towards overexposed had a gray tinge to them while the underexposed were more true to life.

I noticed this in some of the film I used to shoot but never paid much attention to it and chalked it up to poor processing.

Any idea what it's caused by?

Thanks

[Glen_A]

Could possibly be ghosting or flare caused by sunlight hitting the lens. It can happen even with a lens hood if the angle is right. It generally causes a loss of contrast. Various lenses are more susceptible to this than others and some show it to a greater or lesser degree. I had some great examples but I deleted them!

[johnastovall]

It sounds like some haze possibly as suggested earlier by internal flaring. You should be able to remove it in Photoshop. This tutorial will get you started.

[JamesDH]

Nice tutorial.
Thanks!!

I need to post the pictures so you can see what I'm talking about.
It's like the whole picture has a gray tint to it.
It will have to wait until I get back to the US. The filters won't let me post things from here. (My companies filters)

[kenw]

James, I usually find that underexposing sunset shots tends to work better anyway. I get more of the silhouette effect and the colors are a bit more saturated. Especially if the sun is actually in the shot, underexposing helps it not to blow out so much.

http://www.texasphotoforum.com/galle...11&ppuser=4447
http://www.texasphotoforum.com/galle...17&ppuser=4447

and within a few seconds of too dark....
http://www.gardenpics.com/photos/sho...18&ppuser=7310