Spring Forward Sunday

It was a wonderful Spring-like day, breezy and warm. I took a five o'clock journey out to Alligator Lake. With the new time, the park would stay open until seven. I strolled along the dike, stopped and talked to Rita, an old friend from Reporter days, along with her husband Steve. She said Steve may have need from time to time for my photography, so I left a card.
Took the D3100 with the 18-200 and a film days polarizing filter, the canon s100 with the film canister flash diffuser. Light as possible. Turns out, seven came quickly and I had to hurry back to the car.
I am continuing to work on the exposure and metering of the D3100, usually reverting to manual exposure to get the proper saturation's. Otherwise, I find the exposure is too light. It could be my use of spot metering. One camera that has no problem with the exposure is the Canon S100. It usually gives pleasing results, the only thing necessary is often to balance the flash with the daylight.
There were not many keepers,but days out a Alligator are more therapy and practice.