Puerto Rico 2012

[New_Cichlid11]

EL MORRO wagon, love PR

[ssrprelude]

The macaw was in bright daylight and looked just like my picture so I didn't change it. It looks blah after the changes as so does the wagon.

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: Puerto Rico 2012

Yes, of course.

[Hangman]

The macaw was in bright daylight and looked just like my picture so I didn't change it. It looks blah after the changes as so does the wagon.

Let me take a shot at editing the Macaw...

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[ssrprelude]

Perfect

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: Puerto Rico 2012

I call BS, that's not a macaw, that's a bird of paradise

[Hangman]

In Vietnamese, its just simply a "bird" .. LOL

[Timber317]

I need to bird watching!!

[New_Cichlid11]

ss where did u photograph the pics of nature in PR?

[myjohnson]

The macaw was in bright daylight and looked just like my picture so I didn't change it. It looks blah after the changes as so does the wagon.

It's still over exposed. If you used matrix metering, assuming your white balance is correct the shot wouldn't be over exposed. I used that same lens in VN and shot everyday in the sun.

I'm guessing you tried to shoot that in mantual and your shutter speed as too low.

[ssrprelude]

ss where did u photograph the pics of nature in PR?

Nature pics were taken in the rain forest on a tour.

[ssrprelude]

It's still over exposed. If you used matrix metering, assuming your white balance is correct the shot wouldn't be over exposed. I used that same lens in VN and shot everyday in the sun.

I'm guessing you tried to shoot that in mantual and your shutter speed as too low.

Most of the pics were taken with my 24-120 f4 except the night time building shot. The meter in the view finder said my exposure was right. Who knows, I still like them the way they are.

[myjohnson]

Is it set on matrix metering?

[ssrprelude]

Don't know what that is.

[myjohnson]

Lol, you tripping nga.

Matrix Metering mode should be the default metering mode on your nikon. It works by dividing the entire frame into multiple “zones”, which are then all analyzed on individual basis for light and dark tones. One of the key factors (in addition to color, distance, subjects, highlights, etc) that affects matrix metering, is where the camera focus point is set to. After reading information from all individual zones, the metering system looks at where you focused within the frame and marks it more important than all other zones. The camera takes all this into consideration and tells you what the "right" exposure is.

Center meter is just that. The camera only looks at the center of the frame when determining the right exposure. In doing this the other parts of the picture maybe under or over exposed.

Either way, the meter bar is just a guild. It's not always right and sometimes you might want to be over or under exposed for a certain effect.