underexposing
Too little light
Underexposing is allowing too little light to reach film or a digital sensor when taking a photograph.
The result is an image that's darker than intended, with lost detail in shadows.
Photographers sometimes underexpose deliberately for dramatic effect or to preserve highlights: I was underexposing by a stop to keep the sky from blowing out.
Adjustable optical inlet
- shutterHinged window covering
- ISOGlobal standards body
- meteringControlled measurement of quantity
- bracketingTaking varied exposure shots
shadow · highlight · contrast · film · grain · analog · silhouette · histogram
Not sufficient for purpose
- deficientHaving too little
- lackingBeing without something
- insufficientBelow required quantity
- limitedRestricted in extent
minimal · scarce · meager · sparse · short · underdeveloped · incomplete · partial
Not noticed or considered
- underreportedLacking adequate media attention
- underrepresentedInsufficiently present in proportion
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
unexamined · sidelined · bypassed · underinvestigated · underpublicized · underacknowledged · untold
Kept out of sight
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
- veiledConcealed or obscured
- unrevealedNot made public
- suppressedForcibly held down
withheld · buried · masked · shrouded · cloaked · undisclosed · unshown · unilluminated
aperture
Adjustable optical inlet
bracketing · shadow · highlight · contrast · film · grain · analog · silhouette · histogram · stops
inadequate
Not sufficient for purpose
- deficientHaving too little
- lackingBeing without something
- insufficientBelow required quantity
limited · minimal · scarce · meager · sparse · short · underdeveloped · incomplete · partial · scanty
overlooked
Not noticed or considered
- underreportedLacking adequate media attention
- underrepresentedInsufficiently present in proportion
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
ignored · unexamined · sidelined · bypassed · underinvestigated · underpublicized · underacknowledged · untold
hidden
Kept out of sight
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
- veiledConcealed or obscured
- unrevealedNot made public
suppressed · withheld · buried · masked · shrouded · cloaked · undisclosed · unshown · unilluminated · shadowed
underexposingoverexposing
Admitting excess light
overexposure · overexposed · blowing out · burning out · washing out
expose, exposure, exposed, exposition, expound, exponent, exposes, unexposed, exposé