 Arleen H. McDaniel |
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
It would've done that on shutter priority. The meter measures relative brightness of the different parts of what ever the metering area is reflecting back at it. A very bright spot like outside area will shift what it thinks the exposure needs to be to under exposed end. Like being outside and suddenly looking at a white object that hurts your eyes. The sun didn't get brighter, you looked at an area that reflected more light than the overall scene. If they're turning out dark all the time, like when you're outside, then you might have the exposure compensation accidentally set to under expose. You can check that to be sure.
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chrisbudny.com - Chris Budny Contact Chris Budny Chris Budny's Gallery |
You may also need to check what metering mode your camera is set to (if it has the ability to choose from different ones like Spot, Center-Weighted, Evaluative.) For instance, if you were set to Spot, and the actual spot being metered was outside that window, then this shot is exposed accordingly -- notice how the outside is not blown out? The trees are all well defined/exposed... being so much brighter out there, than in the room, if the outside drove your metering, the inside ends up very underexposed as you have here. Conversely, if you had exposed for say, the chair, you likely would have blown out much of the detail in the yard outside.
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Arleen H. McDaniel |
Thank you for the feedback, In your opinion what would be the best metering setting in this situation?
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chrisbudny.com - Chris Budny Contact Chris Budny Chris Budny's Gallery |
Highlighted Comment: For a single photograph of this scene, you'd have to decide which elements mattered most. If the goal is to show the room & chairs, properly exposed, you will lose a bit (or much of) the exterior to blow-out. But given the big expanse of brightness in the center of your scene, I'd try Evaluative/Overall metering. Also, if you had sheers on those windows, closing them might help cut the light a bit, and balance out the overall lighting in the room. Another option would be to take 2 identical shots on a tripod; one exposed for the yard, one exposed for the room, and blend those together (in software) for a composite result.
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
Highlighted Comment: You also have spot metering or the exposure compensation. One may feel smoother to use than the other. The location of the spot meter button on my camera isn't as easy as using the dial on the back to use exposure compensation. It's easy to keep the camera up and use my thumb and keep looking at the info in the viewfinder. So for me, I would use the evaluative with exposure comp when keeping it on an auto exposure setting. It's one choice, you may like another.
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Arleen H. McDaniel |
I will do some playing with both of these, I seem to have better luck with Manual setting, I will send the results I really appreciate the imformation
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Linda Eodice |
Highlighted Comment: This is a challenging exposure situation, for sure! I agree with those who discussed using spot or center-weighted metering if you wanted to get proper exposure on the furniture in the room. The outdoors would appear blown-out by comparison, but that's not always a bad thing. Another alternative is to utilize HDR software to get the best exposure in all areas. You must shoot several exposures of the scene and combine them with the HDR software, PhotoMatix is one.
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