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Continued from page 55
you’ll almost always need to add
exposure. With the spoonbill, I
went 1/3-stop over the reading;
with the gannet, a full stop.
Wait for Shade
If the light is just too harsh for
photography—as it was in the
scene on Galápagos of the swallow-tailed
gull chick on page 55,
try waiting for a cloud to diffuse
the sunlight. In this case all it took
was a very thin cloud to soften
the light, and the evaluative meter
reading proved perfect.
No clouds? Another strategy
is to find subjects in open shade,
or wait for your subject to move
into shade. Look for trees or other
vegetation, a large rock, a hill, a
mountain, or a building. With a
subject in shade, try to include a
sunlit background.
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In most cases you will need
to add exposure over the meter
reading. Another option is to
spotmeter the subject, adjust for
its tonality (add exposure for light
subjects, subtract exposure for
dark subjects), and then set that
exposure manually.
Example: This northern gannet
chick, above, that I found resting
right next to a viewing shelter on
Bonaventure Island, Québec. To
avoid the white down coming out
as medium gray, I added 1.3 stops
to the evaluative meter reading.
Make your own Shade
I’ve often said that 90 percent
of all flower images could be
improved by shading the subject—
with a diffuser, a large piece
of cardboard, a shirt, or even a
friend’s body. The same technique
can work well with other small