No I will take a reading and then manually adjust, generally anywhere between +1 to 2 depending on the conditions, as snow always fools the metering system.
Steve, it was a cloudy, overcat day with the sun in and out. when I took the shot, the sun was covered by a dark cloud, so iadded +1 1/3 EV on top of Evaluative Metering as a starting point. I took the shot and looked at the histogram and knew right awy that it was underexposed. I added more light, but then the coyote turned its head and walked away from me. Now I can see the snow is grey right out of the camera, so that explains why there is a grey/blueish cast on the snow. I will chck later on images that exposed with more light to see how the snow turned out as a lesson.
If when you post next Loi you can mention if this is Full Frame (FF) or cropped that would be great, it does help.
Yes, it is a significant crop may be by 1/2 each side. The original is here. Perhaps less crop is better since the image quality is poor to begin with.
Good luck, enjoy and have fun, that is what it's all about.
