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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Don Kuykendall_RIP" data-source="post: 483781" data-attributes="member: 6277"><p>One of the easier and fastest ways to overcome the bright background dark subject problems is to just use the Exposure Compensation dial to overexpose the shot. probably by at least 2 stops to start with,  Shoot and then look at the shot and see if there is detail in the bird if it is still dark the go more This is fast and effective. It would be very difficult to use spot metering on a humming bird since they more so much. Center weighted would be a little easier than matrix though and would give you a little better starting point. I shoot Bird in Flight often and I have a User setting set for it and it starts with a +2 exposure to start with.</p></blockquote><p></p>