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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 246436" data-attributes="member: 9240">Re: helpHere's the thing, based on the photo's histogram the exposure is pretty much spot on...[ATTACH]66747[/ATTACH]Dropping the shutter speed will surely darken the skies and the water, but it will also lose details as seen on the shoreline.&nbsp; Colors will not get more vibrant, only darker.&nbsp; This is not &quot;Brightness&quot; you're adjusting, it's exposure, and from what I can see she can go down about 2/3 stop before she starts losing details.&nbsp; That may be what you are looking for, and it may not.&nbsp;&nbsp; Using the histogram provided on the camera during image review will help determine if you have or have not exposed an image properly, so even when you're purposefully over/under exposing make sure that you aren't losing light on either end (you can also set your image display to flash on spots that are too bright and/or dark so you know immediately without using the histogram).&nbsp; There are times to compensate for a metering situation that wants to overexpose a photo, for sure, and shooting directly into a light source may be one of them.&nbsp; But let's not confuse the outcomes.As a beginner, Elaine, if you aren't comfortable shooting in Manual mode you may choose to use the exposure compensation settings instead when a photo comes out brighter or darker than you'd like.&nbsp; If you're shooting JPEG you may also want to learn a bit about the Camera Profiles available on your D5100.&nbsp; Nikon has a Vivid and Landscape profile that will automatically apply some of the basic adjustments I made since they are fairly common to those types of photos.&nbsp; This may give you more of what you want straight out of the camera and eliminate some of the work on the back end.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 246436, member: 9240"] [b]Re: help[/b] Here's the thing, based on the photo's histogram the exposure is pretty much spot on... [ATTACH=CONFIG]66747._xfImport[/ATTACH] Dropping the shutter speed will surely darken the skies and the water, but it will also lose details as seen on the shoreline. Colors will not get more vibrant, only darker. This is not "Brightness" you're adjusting, it's exposure, and from what I can see she can go down about 2/3 stop before she starts losing details. That may be what you are looking for, and it may not. Using the histogram provided on the camera during image review will help determine if you have or have not exposed an image properly, so even when you're purposefully over/under exposing make sure that you aren't losing light on either end (you can also set your image display to flash on spots that are too bright and/or dark so you know immediately without using the histogram). There are times to compensate for a metering situation that wants to overexpose a photo, for sure, and shooting directly into a light source may be one of them. But let's not confuse the outcomes. As a beginner, Elaine, if you aren't comfortable shooting in Manual mode you may choose to use the exposure compensation settings instead when a photo comes out brighter or darker than you'd like. If you're shooting JPEG you may also want to learn a bit about the Camera Profiles available on your D5100. Nikon has a Vivid and Landscape profile that will automatically apply some of the basic adjustments I made since they are fairly common to those types of photos. This may give you more of what you want straight out of the camera and eliminate some of the work on the back end. [/QUOTE]

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