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<blockquote data-quote="snaphappy" data-source="post: 110119" data-attributes="member: 12198">Well, really hoping for help and critiques but according to critique rules can't post there.Today I went out planning to look at WB settings since I realized I'd switched it to shade yesterday and wanted to compare Shade and Cloudy (my usual lately).&nbsp; Definately found cloudy made everything look blue on this darkish morning so went with shade.&nbsp; Next I wanted to try out bracketing so I could compare exposures.&nbsp; So I put no thought at all into composition for these shots.&nbsp; I was purely working with focusing manually and trying to work out exposure in my head<img src="http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff447/serjay04/DSC_2035.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Iso 200 35mm 2ev f/3.2 1/1000 looks like the snow in the background is over exposed but I can actually see my old guys eyes<img src="http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff447/serjay04/DSC_2036.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Iso 200 35mm 1ev f3.2 1/2000 the background definition is better but lost definition and eyes have disappearedSo can I get definition on black/dark subjects without over exposing the whites?&nbsp; How should I have adjusted?&nbsp; This is something I've struggled with for awhile and the only time my old guys eyes are visible is if I do a close up</blockquote>

[QUOTE="snaphappy, post: 110119, member: 12198"] Well, really hoping for help and critiques but according to critique rules can't post there. Today I went out planning to look at WB settings since I realized I'd switched it to shade yesterday and wanted to compare Shade and Cloudy (my usual lately). Definately found cloudy made everything look blue on this darkish morning so went with shade. Next I wanted to try out bracketing so I could compare exposures. So I put no thought at all into composition for these shots. I was purely working with focusing manually and trying to work out exposure in my head [IMG]http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff447/serjay04/DSC_2035.jpg[/IMG] Iso 200 35mm 2ev f/3.2 1/1000 looks like the snow in the background is over exposed but I can actually see my old guys eyes [IMG]http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff447/serjay04/DSC_2036.jpg[/IMG] Iso 200 35mm 1ev f3.2 1/2000 the background definition is better but lost definition and eyes have disappeared So can I get definition on black/dark subjects without over exposing the whites? How should I have adjusted? This is something I've struggled with for awhile and the only time my old guys eyes are visible is if I do a close up [/QUOTE]

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