The late afternoon light was highlighting the Latter Day Saints Temple in Idaho Falls, Idaho, when I viewed it across from the Snake River Greenbelt. Taking a normal meter reading of the whole scene risked creating an exposure that was too bright for the building because the foreground was in shadow. So I used spot metering to measure just the light reflecting off the church. Then I adjusted my exposure to +2 because it was a white surface, not a gray one. This exposure preserved details in the building's facade and I was able to lighten the foreground shadows with photo editing software.
Find out more about metering modes and other camera controls in Learning More About Your Digital SLR Camera at the Lifelong Learning Center in Missoula, Montana, beginning Saturday, May 4, 2019. Click here to register.
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| Latter Day Saints Temple, Idaho Falls, Idaho 1/200 second, f/11, ISO 100, 84mm |
Find out more about metering modes and other camera controls in Learning More About Your Digital SLR Camera at the Lifelong Learning Center in Missoula, Montana, beginning Saturday, May 4, 2019. Click here to register.