Metering Shots (Information Shots)

I have been having problems with exposure and I tried some metering changes.

Dark Bird with bright BG.

Partial Metering

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Cool shots.
The first two birds are Common Grackles.

Ephily wrote in post #3110642
Cool shots.
The first two birds are Common Grackles.

Yes Common Grackles
A dark bird is all I wanted and the mallard is all mid tones

Partial and center will give erratic results Imho

morehtml wrote in post #3110886
Partial and center will give erratic results Imho

I played with some metering on my other post of a white bird but Hard to say there is a clear advantage one way or another.

morehtml wrote in post #3110886
Partial and center will give erratic results Imho

So what are you using? Spot metering?

dancinec wrote in post #3110913
So what are you using? Spot metering?

Evaluative

Evaluative is as good as anything and M if you have fixed light situation.

I normally use evaluative, but have been playing around with spot lately but haven't given it a good test.

canonloader wrote in post #3110956
I normally use evaluative, but have been playing around with spot lately but haven't given it a good test.

It would be tough to hold a 500 In-flight with Spot.

canonloader wrote in post #3110956
I normally use evaluative, but have been playing around with spot lately but haven't given it a good test.

If you can cover the spot area fully with the most important color to expose then it's ok. Otherwise it will depend how much dark or light bg element is in the spot and your metering will be off accordingly. In example #1 above if the spot was on the black only it would work.

That's probably what my problem has been.

morehtml wrote in post #3110981
If you can cover the spot area fully with the most important color to expose then it's ok. Otherwise it will depend how much dark or light bg element is in the spot and your metering will be off accordingly. In example #1 above if the spot was on the black only it would work.

In number 1 the sky was predominate and unexposed the bird