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<blockquote data-quote="Joseph Bautsch" data-source="post: 6949" data-attributes="member: 654"><p>Hi Lise and welcome to the Nikonites Community. Eduard is right, it will be easier for us to answer your questions if you complete your profile with some information about yourself and what camera equipment you are using. Eduard is also right in using negative exposure compensation to correct for an overexposure. And assuming that you are using a DSLR something else you might want to check is the exposure metering you are using. The Nikon exposure programing has three methods, matrix, center weighted, and spot. If you have the metering set on center weighted or spot and you are centering your shot on the black body of the eagle then the camera will expose for the black body which results in an overexposed white head. It's recommended you shoot most pictures in the matrix metering method for an overall average exposure. If you have the exposure set on matrix and still get the over exposed head then Eduard's method is the way to correct it.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Joseph Bautsch, post: 6949, member: 654"] Hi Lise and welcome to the Nikonites Community. Eduard is right, it will be easier for us to answer your questions if you complete your profile with some information about yourself and what camera equipment you are using. Eduard is also right in using negative exposure compensation to correct for an overexposure. And assuming that you are using a DSLR something else you might want to check is the exposure metering you are using. The Nikon exposure programing has three methods, matrix, center weighted, and spot. If you have the metering set on center weighted or spot and you are centering your shot on the black body of the eagle then the camera will expose for the black body which results in an overexposed white head. It's recommended you shoot most pictures in the matrix metering method for an overall average exposure. If you have the exposure set on matrix and still get the over exposed head then Eduard's method is the way to correct it. [/QUOTE]

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