I was experimenting this morning with metering modes to use for animals after a good snowfall coupled with whitish skies. This coyote was quite helpful.

Very well done, well exposed and composed.
I often play with spot metering and also highlight weighted spot (a form of matrix metering) especially when I have tricky light and cooperative subjects.

Nicely done.

Excellent. And beautiful!

Super shot Art

Very, very nice. I seldom use spot metering, but you've given me food for thought.

Thank you all very much.

Really well done.

Oh wow, this is a lovely shot. Love the OOF foreground. Great positioning of him in the frame and love the head angle looking in. Just a great shot. Very nice.

Lovely shot,well done

Excellent shot Art. My snow shots often will fool the meter. The animal here is perfectly exposed. Really nice.

Art Rourke said:

I was experimenting this morning with metering modes to use for animals after a good snowfall coupled with whitish skies. This coyote was quite helpful.

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Great shoot!

An alternative is to add 2 EV to the exposures from the camera. If the exposure is right for the snow the amount of light it reflects on any animal will usually make for a well exposed subject as well.

Beautiful photo!

Art Rourke said:

I was experimenting this morning with metering modes to use for animals after a good snowfall coupled with whitish skies. This coyote was quite helpful.

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I find it easier to use a gray card or meter - but I come from a studio background...

Very nice image. Well exposed. Noted that they focal length was 850 and the lens a 600E (plus 1.4 TC?) That should be 840.

Yes on the 1.4 TC. Not sure why Lightroom metadata lists it as 850 rather than the accurate, 840 but that is what it does.