WHICH METERING MODE

[cja]

I would expect that this would not be accepted for overexposure I used spot metering so that I would get a correct exposure for underneath the aircraft so as not to have huge dark expanse of underexposure with the consequent risk that the upper side would be a little over . Am I correct?.

( There are also two other shots of this take off in the DB which no doubt would mean this would need to be dead on to be accepted.)

[vs777]

Its not genernally the metering mode that will blow out any picture , its usually down the other settings you may be using ....

first off what settings and camera are you using on the Onur Air ? in fact what settings are you using full stop ?

as a rule of thumb you want to be looking at an "F" number of 8 and above in those kind of conditions ... also if you camera will let you try knocking or stepping it down by either - 1/3 or even 1/2 that way even if the image does come out a little dark it will still be salvagable

lets us know what your general settings are and lets work from there

regards

[cja]

VS777 Thanks for your reply.

I was using either f9.5 or f8 in aperture priority mode and spot metering for this.

Perhaps I would have been better with evaluative and going down half a stop as you suggest. I suspect that using spot metering set the shutter speed too low as it would have read the underside of the A/C. Which is what I wanted so as not to end up too dark in this area. Perhaps the other way would around would have been better as you seem to suggest.

Camera is a Canon EOS1n which I was using for the first time.

[seahawk]

I would recommend to use center weighted metering for such shots. Spot can easily overexpose if you are aiming at a barker part of the aircraft