too dark

[andydo]

I've seen images of dark coloured horses but when I try to do it the head doesn't stand out from the body as much.
What am I doing wrong

[andydo]

http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=15310#top_display_media

[ABERS]

I would hazard a guess that you've taken the exposure reading from what are predominately white horses without compensating by opening up by 1 to 1.5 stop, and consequently ended up with underexposed images.

Call for a grey card!!! Mr Batey will let you know all about that.

[andydo]

cheers Abers

[SimonW]

Unusually for this site the metadata doesn't tell me much. However, I agree it looks just a bit under exposed. But also looks like it could easily be corrected in any image editing software.

[Hinfrance]

I would hazard a guess that you've taken the exposure reading from what are predominately white horses without compensating by opening up by 1 to 1.5 stop, and consequently ended up with underexposed images.

Call for a grey card!!! Mr Batey will let you know all about that.

Or just meter from the grass . . preferably behind you.

As Simon says though, easily corrected in any editing software with a curves adjustment.

[Markulous]

5 mins work:
Curves to up the exposure of the whites and darker areas
Removed one wire
Replaced sky - back to original

Only time I adjust WB on a modern camera is in-studio as Auto WB is excellent, shooting RAW I can alter (rarely do so) and light values are constantly changing