Damn sparkley snow

[mark]

I got it in my head to go out and take intimate snow landscape shots. We have had a fair share of it lately.

I get the film back and the sparkley nature of the snow makes it look like I shook a dusting cloth all over the film before exposing. So I have what i think are a few keepers, or would be if they did not have blank white dots all over them. I used Provia 100 F and Velvia 50.

Anyone know how to control this? We got a lot more snow and I can go back to the same places this weekend, I just need to know what to do with the damn sparklies. Anyone enlarge something with the sparkleys in it, did it look good?

No I don't have a scanner for folks to see what the images look like. Except for the sparkleys I nailed the exposures.

 

[PHOTOTONE]

Possibly a polarizing filter on the camera?

 

[mark]

Doh! Didn't think about that one. Thanks.

 

[thebanana]

Holy crap! I've been trying to capture that sparkly snow feature for weeks!

 

[Pinholemaster]

Sparkly snow. Move to a more southern climate.

These are specularities. A polarizer won't help.

You got to move so the sunlight doesn't sparkle.

 

[jstraw]

Sparkly snow. Move to a more southern climate.

These are specularities. A polarizer won't help.

You got to move so the sunlight doesn't sparkle.

Heh, let me know if you find an angle where none of the snowflakes have specular highlights oriented to your lens.

 

[mark]

If I go much further south I will be in Mexico.

I would have to be in complete shade or under cloudy skies. Neither of which I want. I guess I am stuck with ther sparkles.

Maybe I ought to find a scanner, blow up an image and take a look to see how bad it is.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I fail to see that you have a problem. Rethink your situation. :rolleyes:

 

[ricksplace]

Sparklies are what make snow shots great. In my experience, they enlarge beautifully.