
Originally Posted by
WIlliam Maroldo
Hi Mark." with the exception of the subject being totally black" is about as big an exception I could think of, and proper exposure of a totally black bird is a challenge regardless of what metering mode. I almost always shoot manually, but when I've used aperture priority in such a case a full +3 EV is not out of the question. The fact that the bird moved a few meters to one side rarely has anything to do with exposure, and if you had the exposure correct in the first shot, why did you keep having to change it? Were you exposing for the bird only, and not the background? Was the light changing rapidly, like quickly moving clouds blocking the sun, then not? Although I prefer manual mode, sometimes I have to switch to Aperture priority under such conditions.
regards~Bill