what happened here?

[landon9720]

Any idea why this photo came out so washed out? The sun filtering in through the trees? There wasn't a lot of water mist in the air. My wife caught a whole series of photos like this. The camera was in auto.

BTW thanks for the shout out in the podcast. There's a good community feel going on here. I've found the podcast hugely helpful in my quest to take better pictures.

[tirediron]

Shooting too close to the sun is my guess; what kind camera/lens?

[landon9720]

Nikon D40 with the kit 18-55mm. Would a hood have helped?

[Natanis]

Looks to me like the photo was over exposed.

[Marko]

Looks like it might be flare. A lens hood would have definitely helped. I have a lens that does something similar when the sun hits it at a certain angle.

[tirediron]

Nikon D40 with the kit 18-55mm. Would a hood have helped?

If you look at the image, you'll see lots of deep shadow area, indicating that there's another culprit responsible for the haze. Agree a lens hood would have likely helped a great deal.

[Travis]

lens flare....arghh....

If you are short a lens hood you can often defeat this effect using your free hand.... just make your hand like how the queen waves and put it a few inches from the lens in the direction of the sun... you can see the effect through the viewfinder...

[Marko]

lens flare....arghh....

If you are short a lens hood you can often defeat this effect using your free hand.... just make your hand like how the queen waves and put it a few inches from the lens in the direction of the sun... you can see the effect through the viewfinder...

Excellent point Travis - i forgot to write that. That's exactly what i do with the lens I am talking about.