Durn Contrail

I was unable to look directly into the sun as I was too busy trying to get the lilies composed properly, not over-exposing them. Wouldn't you know it, in all but one or two of the frames is the ugly jet streak, ruining the shot, or at least, adding the element of man into it. Goes to show, if you are not careful in selection and not deliberate, but in a hurry, as I usually am, such occurs. Some guys I suppose could simply photoshop it out, I am not that advanced yet.

Which brings me to another point, not so much in the carefulness and deliberation, but finding a camera that I do not have to fight with in order to get proper exposure, or at least one that knows what I am after and does not refuse to deliver. The Nikon D3100 is just a beast for some reason to properly meter, etc. Maybe it has a glitch in it I am unaware of since it was a re-furbished model. I just know that if I do not use manual exposure, with the spot metering, the matrix metering, which is supposed to be so great, over-exposes every time. Some days I will have the exposure compensation at minus two for geepers sake.
Today I worked on cranking up the ISO to 400, which helped some to give me more latitude with the f-stop.
I talked with my favorite nature photographer John Moynahan today and he, as I suspected, uses  the Canon MK Mark 3 with the L lenses. The full frame makes a big difference. His quality is outstanding. A real artist.
Told him I will someday evolve into a Canon man, as I have the beginning of flippers with the Canon S100 I use.