I forgot (again) to put the camera setting on my pictures I posted yesterday.
I used the auto setting cause I was being lazy!
BUT! I did try this technique....
in my manual it said that if you are photographing a bright object (like a sunset) to focus your camera on another part of the sky and then turn to the sunset and take the picture.
to do that you have to learn how to feel your cameras 'halfstop'; practice gently pushing down your button until you can feel where it hesitates....that is your half stop. When you reach that point your camera evaluates the lighting and sets the controls. You can 'fake' out the camera's controls for different effects...
I used this technique to get this picture:
and it came out good I think...
but yesterday I tried it on the sky and look what happened!
it washed all out.. .so I am guessing that it only works when the bright objest is fairly small...
