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Problem with taking Photos of birds in Sky
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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 696686" data-attributes="member: 13196"><p>You will still want to over expose, but by how much calls for trial and error. Black birds more difficult to expose properly. You want enough detail to appear rather than just seeing black to show detail in the feathers. A lot of it depends entirely on the brightness of the background. I'd suggest switching to <strong>spot metering</strong> which won't take as much of the sky into consideration when the camera meters. With spot metering, you might not need to over expose by as much as you do if using matrix metering and quite possibly not even need to over expose.</p><p></p><p>In general, matrix metering will meter the corners of your images when shooting the sky. So you might want to try center-weighted metering for some of your bird shots, too, and also spot metering. Practice with center weighted and spot metering to see if one works better for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hark, post: 696686, member: 13196"] You will still want to over expose, but by how much calls for trial and error. Black birds more difficult to expose properly. You want enough detail to appear rather than just seeing black to show detail in the feathers. A lot of it depends entirely on the brightness of the background. I'd suggest switching to [B]spot metering[/B] which won't take as much of the sky into consideration when the camera meters. With spot metering, you might not need to over expose by as much as you do if using matrix metering and quite possibly not even need to over expose. In general, matrix metering will meter the corners of your images when shooting the sky. So you might want to try center-weighted metering for some of your bird shots, too, and also spot metering. Practice with center weighted and spot metering to see if one works better for you. [/QUOTE]
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