Nevada City, in the gold country, Sutters Mill, Malakoff Digging, state park, Donner Pass and the lone grave, (along Hwy 49) . If you like small mountain towns, Strawberry, Rough and Ready, Smartsville, Timbuktu.... if you like spectacular scenery take Hwy 49 from Sacramento (stop by old Sacramento and see Sutters Fort ) all the way to Lake Tahoe. (I grew up in N. CA ) San Francisco is wonderful and stop by Berkley or head to Benicia or Santa Cruz . Lots to see.

:) I just took the test and my score was 0. Thanks for posting the link. :)

Thanks every one, fortunately my laptop has a very good UHD monitor with a wide viewing angle. I was eyeballing the exposure on the camera screen, I didn't realise there was such a difference. I am saving up for another monitor and light meter and I am continuing to work on the manual settings.
Betty

Thanks Tomfl101,
A simple inexpensive method is very helpful, I will give it a try while I am saving up for the calibrated equipment. :)

Thank you Mr Burk,
I will put the software/hardware solution on my list of things I need and I will continue to work towards increasing my understanding of photography and processing.

Wow, what great information. Thank you everyone.

I'm a beginner regarding manuel settings, lights ..... I am taking "enrichment" photo classes from our local college.

The monitor on my laptop has 105% of sRGB and 72% of adobe RGB . It has a 3840x2160 (UHD) monitor. (A new monitor is on my wish list) I don't know what the color Chanel's are or how to find them. I calibrated the monitor with software .

I will put my cameras settings back to regular sRGB. , I thought more would be better.

Do you'all recommend setting the raw recording on my camera back to 12 bit instead of14?

I am still learning to understand the histogram. It is sounding like correct exposure takes a lot of experience that I will be working towards , until then I guess under is better than over. At least I'm not blowing out details.

Sorry for rambling, I really appreciate the help.
Respectfully,
Betty

Good Morning,
I downloaded some images last night, portraits using hot lights. (I can't post, the model was underage and I don't have a release)

On the camera screen many of the photos seemed perfectly exposed. When I downloaded into light room on my laptop, I had to add at least one stop, sometimes more to get them light enough to see. I am using a Nikon 5300 and a Tamron 18-400 mm lens. I shoot in raw, the white balance was incandescent, picture control standard, color space adobe, ISO 500.

I am wondering if it is the adobe color space, my monitor, the hot lights......I have never run into this problem before and I would love to understand what is happening and any insight into the differences between what I see on the camera monitor and my computer.

Thank you .

Hi, I'm new too . I'm learning a lot, you will love it here ,welcome.

Thank you. :) I've been learning a lot from you'all. LOL and the more I learn, the more I realize how much there is to learn.

Beautiful horse, 3 bars breeding?

They are so beautiful, thanks for sharing.

Thanks again architect 1776
It was the lens. My camera shop gave me my money back and I upgraded to Tamron 18 to 400 and a Nikon 3300 :)

He's smart enough to have a human waiting on him and working so he can have a better life.

Lovely, you caught the feeling of the lake. I grew up around the area, Nevada City, and I am now feeling nostalgic.

Did you know that Tahoe was named after a native American boy who killed a monster that lived in the bottom of the lake and grabbed children who were alone near the lake? (Well, one story among many)

We are lucky to have such a great store, that is a really good idea. The lens communicates fine with the auto focus and vibration turned off, but trying out a newer body would tell me for sure.