Spot metering is fine when you have a either a (mostly/entirely) light or dark subject (i.e. Egrets, Crows, Snow Geese). For contrasty subjects, like night herons, Pelicans, Terns, Bald Eagles etc, evaluative metering is the way to go for a balanced exposure between whites and blacks/dark and light. Constantly monitor the scene using your histogram, once you get the hang of it reading exposures by eye becomes almost second nature. I use a similar method to Wing\'s.
Mar 26, 2009 at 04:54 PM
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