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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StringThing" data-source="post: 71609" data-attributes="member: 8052">Both pictures look properly exposed to me as to the settings you were using (full auto everything).  In the D3100 photo the dominate subject, in this case the white building, is properly exposed.  If you wanted to brighten up the border elements -- the cars on the parking lot, the building on the right -- then you will need to compose your image differently or use exposure compensation to make the border subjects brighter (at the cost of over-exposing the white building).  You could also experiment with the different metering modes that the D3100 offers.  For this photo you used Matrix metering, you could try spot or center-weighted.Hope that helps.Steve</blockquote>