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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 167316" data-attributes="member: 13090">Then try switching to Spot or Center Weighted; I'd try the latter first.See above and be prepared to use Exposure Comp and/or bracket your shots. You have to remember your camera does not see light the same way your eye does, so you're going to have to experiment a little bit to find the right balance in this situation and may very well mean having some blown-out highlights in order to maintain proper exposure on your subject.I would NOT expose for the background and then try to compensate for an under-exposed subject by using flash, personally, but if you want to I'm sure someone else better qualified to help you with that will have some suggestions for you. I'd simply come back at another time of day to avoid having the issue to begin with....</blockquote>