Home Forums Gear Photography A bluebird day. but the lighting was the pits.

Put your camera on manual and add a few F-stops, or with automatic, press your shutter button about half way on the darkest part of the animal, then move the animal to the center of the picture. The light meter will adjust according to the darker setting, then when you take the picture, the animal will be right, but the background will be over-exposed. It will look a lot better for the subject matter...