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nikonguy said
Are you using evaluative metering for your exposure? In bright light I would always
leave my iso @ 100. Sometimes people use bracketing to take several exposures
and see which one looks best. Taking pictures against bright light is tough and sometimes
I actually use spot metering and meter on the brighter areas to avoid blowing them out
if possible. With the last pic (on the horse) I would probably expose for the horse and
check the results.
Oksana’s help is probably needed to sort this out – she is the Professional in this forum and
she will probably have the definitive answer to make your future shots in these conditions look
great. She also has a great tutorial video out on “the sunny 16” rule – if you haven’t watched it
give it a look.

Good luck with it.
Dale.

Thanks for your support! The only metering I use is from within the camera itself and in these shots I used spot-metering. You’re right about trying to direct the metering to the brightest spot, but it isn’t always easy. Anyhow, this will be my first thought next time… Also a reason for pictures to get boring is the absolute lack of shadows, since we are mid-summer here in Brazil and the sun stands right above our heads I think that shadows make photo’s much more interesting, because at the end, photography is all about catching ligh… Well, we just keep on trying Dale, after all, it’s the challenge that makes photography so interestin. It must not get too easy

nikonguy said
Believe me ronald – photography has never been easy for me…but it sure
is a great hobby and makes sure you get lots of exercise chasing down those
elusive, once in a lifetime shots lol!
Dale.
By the way – evaluative metering is in camera as is partial and spot metering. Evaluative
takes the whole scene into account and it usually works quite well. 

Hi Dale, I tried different modes in light metering, but still prefer the spot metering, since I have more control over the amount of light I want to be measured. I did some tests, put the ISO on 100 in stead of automatic and pointed the camera to the brightest places and the results were much better this time. Still, the pictures seem to have less sharpness and the images are rather boring, but I guess that’s just the way it is. Light gets much more interesting early in the morning or during “golden hour”, which would be between 5-6 PM at the moment. This afternoon I’ll be filming some of our projects in one of the poorest neighbourhoods around. I choose to start at about 3:30 PM and hope to catch some good light and deep shadows…