
Originally Posted by
Steve Kaluski
Hi Leigh, firstly now looking at your CRS file you need to up (+) your EV when in conditions like this and learn to read your Histogram on the back of the camera, however this will also effect your SS, so it does become a balancing act. The metering system will be fooled with the conditions, so you could find yourself shooting anything from 0 to +2, do not rely on how good it looks on the back of that screen, trust that histogram. In an ideal world you meter off the snow close to the subject, then make any further tweaks to your camera settings if required. The image is quite noisy and the detail is there, but not great. I have no idea how good or bad the 60D is, but even at ISO400 you should be getting good shots and better detail. Obviously in this case being under exposed and cropping the image doesn't help as the IQ will drop, I would look to using a 1.4x to extend your focal length unless you have a longer lens, however this will lose you stops & SS.
Having converted the image I do feel that your issue lies more in the original than in uploading, in essence nothing changes as you are uploading direct from your DT and not using a 3rd party.
Hope this helps.
Steve