I never use the 'blinkies' feature in digital cameras. First, it is distracting, and second, when you include a very bright element in a composition -- such as the sun, the sun's reflection on water, street lamps at night, or a light fixture such as this sconce -- the indication from the LCD monitor is that the picture is overexposed. That's not true, and for many photographers this is confusing. I took this photo in one of the beautiful rooms in my hotel in Venice. I originally chose this hotel specifically because this room offers such great photographic opportunities. The exposure was a balance between the lighting on the model and the sconce itself, and using the LCD screen as my guide (not the histogram), I used the exposure compensation feature to adjust the exposure to my liking. In post-processing, I used the burn tool to darken the periphery. My settings were 1/250, f/5, and 2500 ISO. I used tungsten white balance and a 24-105mm lens.
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