Great photos. I also like to photograph birds. My favourite subject.

Thank you for all the help. This has been useful and enlightening.

I use a Nikon D7200 and one of the things that often confuses me is when to use the exposure compensation. I love to take pictures of birds and often have to correct them in post processing. As with this type of photos sharpness in the details is important. I realize that exposure compensation is used to prevent some highlights from blowing out but when I am looking at a scene before I take the picture I am never sure if this is a plus or minus situation. I sure could use a little guidance with exposure compensation.