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Last day, I was photographing a waterfall. It was a bright day and I was shooting around 2-3 in the afternoon.

I set aperture to f/11 and took the meter reading pointing camera towards the sky. Adjusted shutter speed till I get the meter to 0. Recomposed and took the shot. I got the sky correctly, but rest everything became dark. I tried several combinations and nothing seems to expose the whole scene correctly. I tried to step down the shutter speed to make darker areas clearer, but that spoiled the sky.

How can I am wondering, how to capture this scene so that everything looks correctly exposed? Any help would be great.

Last day, I was photographing a waterfall. It was a bright day and I was shooting around 2-3 in the afternoon.

I set aperture to f/11 and took the meter reading pointing camera towards the sky. Adjusted shutter speed till I get the meter to 0. Recomposed and took the shot. I got the sky correctly, but rest everything became dark. I tried several combinations and nothing seems to expose the whole scene correctly. I tried to step down the shutter speed to make darker areas clearer, but that spoiled the sky.

I am wondering, how to capture this scene so that everything looks correctly exposed? Any help would be great.

Last day, I was photographing a waterfall. It was a bright day and I was shooting around 2-3 in the afternoon.

I set aperture to f/11 and took the meter reading pointing camera towards the sky. Adjusted shutter speed till I get the meter to 0. Recomposed and took the shot. I got the sky correctly, but rest everything became dark. I tried several combinations and nothing seems to expose the whole scene correctly. I tried to step down the shutter speed to make darker areas clearer, but that spoiled the sky.

How can I capture this scene so that everything looks correctly exposed?

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How to expose a scene properly?

Last day, I was photographing a waterfall. It was a bright day and I was shooting around 2-3 in the afternoon.

I set aperture to f/11 and took the meter reading pointing camera towards the sky. Adjusted shutter speed till I get the meter to 0. Recomposed and took the shot. I got the sky correctly, but rest everything became dark. I tried several combinations and nothing seems to expose the whole scene correctly. I tried to step down the shutter speed to make darker areas clearer, but that spoiled the sky.

I am wondering, how to capture this scene so that everything looks correctly exposed? Any help would be great.