1. An auto exposure blowout prevention system comprising: an image capture device for capturing an image representative of a scene; a memory coupled to the image capture device; and a programmable control device communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the memory includes instructions for causing the programmable control device to perform a method comprising: obtaining image histogram information representative of the image; analyzing a distribution of the image histogram information, wherein the act of analyzing comprises comparing a number of pixels in an upper portion of the image histogram to a number of pixels in the highest n-buckets of the image histogram; determining whether the distribution of the image histogram information is indicative of the presence of exposure blowouts in the image based at least in part on the act of analyzing; and setting an exposure compensation parameter for the image capture device based at least in part on the act of determining.