How to not blow out the sky on a cloudy day?

I shot some shots at a local show today, the weather was very cloudy and dreary but in a lot of my photos the sky is blown completely out

how do I fix this? I was using a polarizing filter but even with it off it did the same thing

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A few things you can try:
**shoot from a higher level and have the camera pointing downward
**put the camera in Tv and play with different shutter speeds

I checked fo some extf data for this photo, but it's misssing. Were you shooting in auto mode?

it was in P mode with ISO set to Auto

ib2loud wrote in post #2927023
it was in P mode with ISO set to Auto

It really seems like the exposure should have been correct, unless maybe your exposure compensation is set to a + setting, causing over exposure. Also, in P mode on a bright day, it's a good idea to manually set you ISO to a low setting.

Digital sensors don't have the dynamic range to cover a scene like this without some work. What you need to do is shoot manual, set the exposure to get the sky the way you want it, and use fill flash to take care of the shadows in the subject. In a scene like this it should work well and will give the car some "pop". You'll just have to watch out for reflections in the car from the flash.

To me there is more here that is overexposed than just the sky. The back of the car is blown some too. In reality, if you have to loose some sky to get the car exposed correctly, and you don't want to use flash... then I would take the car over the sky.

thanks, i'll just have to practice more

I had the exposure compensation set to 0 so that wasn't causing it, I'll try manual mode next time on a day like that, hopefully the next show will give some sunlight and blue skies

I think this one was the only one with a halfway decent looking sky, but it may have been from when the sun came out for a few minutes

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