Skies no longer the limit

The pursuit of great outdoor photos can mean pushing the digital image to extremes, thanks to the disparity between bright and dark areas. This places demands high demands on the camera’s sensor.

The disparity between light and dark is often most apparent in land and sky. Skies are almost always brighter than the land below, especially at sunset or sunrise when the light falling on the land is weaker. In a practical sense, the sky’s the limit. If we expose for the land then the sky may come out too bright, while exposing for the sky can