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<blockquote data-quote="Needa" data-source="post: 805109" data-attributes="member: 37799">Are you shooting jpegs? If so set your sharpness to +7 and saturation to +1 for Standard Picture Profile as a starting point.See this post for where to change those settings. <a href="https://nikonites.com/forum/threads/your-jpeg-settings.38295/post-595984" target="_blank">https://nikonites.com/forum/threads/your-jpeg-settings.38295/post-595984</a>D5100 reference manual here. <a href="https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/products/23/D5100.html" target="_blank">https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/products/23/D5100.html</a>You second picture is overexposed both the subject and background. Sometimes when starting out it is helpful to shot a shot in Auto mode and check which settings the camera would choose. I see you shot this with spot metering try either center weighted or matrix. Was the area covered? With high contrast scenes sometime it is not possible to keep the background from blowing out without adding light to the subject. This can sometimes be accomplished by using fill flash.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Needa, post: 805109, member: 37799"] Are you shooting jpegs? If so set your sharpness to +7 and saturation to +1 for Standard Picture Profile as a starting point. See this post for where to change those settings. [URL]https://nikonites.com/forum/threads/your-jpeg-settings.38295/post-595984[/URL] D5100 reference manual here. [URL]https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/products/23/D5100.html[/URL] You second picture is overexposed both the subject and background. Sometimes when starting out it is helpful to shot a shot in Auto mode and check which settings the camera would choose. I see you shot this with spot metering try either center weighted or matrix. Was the area covered? With high contrast scenes sometime it is not possible to keep the background from blowing out without adding light to the subject. This can sometimes be accomplished by using fill flash. [/QUOTE]

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