I'm giving this same quiz over on the Wild and Free forum right now (no peeking ;)). I like the way this preening egret is set off against the blue water. If you look at my tech specs, you'll notice that I shot this image at +1 1/3 EC. For the less experienced forum members, why would I do that with a bright white bird? Why aren't the whites blown?
Canon 1D Mark III, 840mm, f/8, 1/4000, ISO 640, +1 1/3 EC, no flash, tripod
Well picking up Arthur's book and it looks like this subject was shot in bright light with the sun at your back and exposure comp should be around 1 1/3 stops. " With a large brilliant white subject any background " ( and I quote), I guess otherwise it would read the whites as grey and underexpose, if it was set to anything less than what you had.
I agree with Jackie but I must say that in my very limited experience, it seems counter-intuitive and it doesn't come naturally to me, yet. Thanks for posting this, Doug.
Try this experiment Katie. Take a frame-filling photograph of an all-black object. Then take a photo of a frame-filling white object. Take a look at the results, and share them with the rest of the ETL group.
The following set was shot not even in bright light, although I tried to pick a reflective surface.
All shot at evaluative with exposure compensation eventually ending up at +2. The + 1 1/3 was good exposure for the white, and for the black, too cool:) +2 started to peg the whites and the blacks.
40D
400 ISO
100mm
All 6.3
EV as shown
Exposure Quiz
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