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<blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 553948" data-attributes="member: 16090">I shoot RAW and use NX-D. Active lighting in NX-D is extremely useful for bringing out shadow details. You also have &quot;Shadow Protection&quot; and &quot;Highlight Protection&quot; functions where you can use a slider to highlight shadows/reduce highlights. At times Active D light is better and at times Shadow Protection, it is scene dependent.I use these functions all the time as in harsh light there is a lot of information in shadows. The only down side is that there is a lot of noise at higher ISO, hence I shoot mostly at ISO 100 (at the most 400), if I need to recover shadows.If the main subject; in your case birds; are in shadow, then use &quot;Spot Metering&quot; and focus on the bird in shadow. The bird will be well exposed, though the rest of scene may be washed out. If I want the bird, then the rest may not matter. Here is an example[ATTACH]209930[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aroy, post: 553948, member: 16090"] I shoot RAW and use NX-D. Active lighting in NX-D is extremely useful for bringing out shadow details. You also have "Shadow Protection" and "Highlight Protection" functions where you can use a slider to highlight shadows/reduce highlights. At times Active D light is better and at times Shadow Protection, it is scene dependent. I use these functions all the time as in harsh light there is a lot of information in shadows. The only down side is that there is a lot of noise at higher ISO, hence I shoot mostly at ISO 100 (at the most 400), if I need to recover shadows. If the main subject; in your case birds; are in shadow, then use "Spot Metering" and focus on the bird in shadow. The bird will be well exposed, though the rest of scene may be washed out. If I want the bird, then the rest may not matter. Here is an example [ATTACH=CONFIG]209930._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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