Granville Leong
Well-known member
I have been doing bird photography for a little over a year and one of my biggest challenges is to find a way to accurately set an exposure for a black and white bird like this Black Phoebe. I use the AV mode, set the exposure to f6.3 (my lens is a Canon 100-400mm f5.6 and camera body is 7D) and ISO to 400. I also use spot metering.
It seems that when the darker color is properly exposed, the white feathers are over-exposed and if I focus on the white part, the darker feathers are under-exposed. Would like to get advice of how to tackle this problem.
By the way, I'm not familiar with using manual setting. If this is a situation that I need to use manual setting, can someone walk me through the mechanics?
Thanks in advance.
Granville
It seems that when the darker color is properly exposed, the white feathers are over-exposed and if I focus on the white part, the darker feathers are under-exposed. Would like to get advice of how to tackle this problem.
By the way, I'm not familiar with using manual setting. If this is a situation that I need to use manual setting, can someone walk me through the mechanics?
Thanks in advance.
Granville