An Exercise in Exposure

[Greg_Nuspel]

And the EV compenstion..how does that come into play here.... see I always figured that i got a shot like that..can't change shutter speed for no tripod, can't go any lower (err higher number) with aperture because of lens type that that is when the EV would come in to play..is that right.

EV=exposure value; if you increase the shutter speed or the aperture by one stop you increase the exposure value by one stop. A good explanation is on Wikipedia

[Mad Aussie]

Gem, is it possible your printing lab may have applied a basic lightening technique (probably just used levels and only the middle range slider) that failed to correctly keep the blacks dark making the image appear milky, which you are mistaking for being overexposed?

[JAS_Photo]

I am thinking th same thing as MA, the lab may have done a compensation when it was printed up.

[Gem]

Hmmm, I don't think so because I just tried that and I didn't get the same result. The picture seems to have disappeared so I can't scan it but I fiddled around with the curves and this is almost what the printed picture looked like. I find it too bright, but maybe that's just me?

[JAS_Photo]

I am no expert, and I hope you do not mind, but here is a quick bit in Lightroom. MA is better at this but even this is an improvement I think.

The top is a bit too red and below a bit too green. You should be able to salvage a photo I think.