The spot metering will affect how you are metering but that is about it. When properly used it is great. If you read Arties book you will find compelling reasons for using something else.
Exposure wise you got a some areas with little detail but should be easy to take care Will look for a link and post at the end.... will help bring back the whites.
I like the detail in the shadows with clearly visible eye, killer pose with raised feathers and the wing action. Wish for the head to have been a little above the blue line but do like it a lot as presented !!! Big Congrats
btw this is a example of harsh light Hope the discussion on the light shed "light" on the subject :)
HI Ray - do you have your over exposure blinkies turned on?? and are you using your histogram to confirm your exposure??
Usually use exposure compensation with matrix metering to add or subtract light as required.
Your blacks are a little blocked (no detail) and your whites are a little over (no detail) a result of the harsh light - the dynamic range is outside that which your camera can capture.
Softer light is the key.
Like the pose and the raised head feathers - would have got lower or higher to move that horizon line that intersects the birds heads.
keep em coming :)
Hi Ray,
This is a sweet image indeed, I like the composition and capture...agree on the techs. given for the reproduction of the blacks and whites...looking forward to your next one...good show...:cool:
Hi Ray! Nice capture! As for the whites, I like them as posted (white is white). I prefer to shoot in manual, using matrix metering mode, take neutral tone readings locally while shooting, check flashing highlights and histograms and then keep all the info in mind. I had a chance to shoot a bunch of frames of White-tailed Kites a while back and when I arrived onS site, I took my readings and I also shot some tests of a white dome that was visible in the distance, checked of blinking highlights, this gave me an idea where I was at with my exposures. Then, when presented with a white bird, I have an idea what SS to select at a given aperture. Likewise for a black bird, but I go the other way:). If I were stalking your terns, I would have shot a frame at my guessed SS, and then checked the blinkies, histogram, adjusted if necessary and moved in for the kill:D
sandwich tern dance
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