Low contrast (snow and sand)

[Dennis Deck]

I use my SureShot A50 while tracking wild animals in Oregon and other NW states. I am usually faced with taking shots of tracks in low contrast settings such as sand, mud, or snow. Shadows help, of course, but I don't have much control over that. Sometimes the photo actually looks reversed (a mound rather than a depression)--I haven't figured out how to avoid this illusion yet. Any tips for making the track stand out would be appreciated.

[Pekka]

Hi,

Your camera seems to have exposure compensation feature (-2EV to +2EV in 1/3EV steps) which means you should in normal brightness keep it at 0, in bright scenes (sunshine, sand, snow) at +1 to +2 and in dark scenes (evening, shadow) at -1 to -2.

Of course, use the LCD as a rough guide and do tests.