Lighting exposure question
Hi
I seek some understanding. If photographing a bird that has white areas and also very dark feathers and the light level is moderate ( whatever that means), if you expose to bring out detail in the dark areas then the whites are too hot. If you expose the whites correctly then the darks are without detail. Now my question. If you expose such that the whites to the max but not blown and add a flash in backfiil manner will that bring in the details in the dark areas without blowing the whites? If that is correct, why does it not the blow out the whites?. Is it because the percent increase the light areas is less than the percent increase dark areas?
Thanks Ray:confused: