This image looks pleasing, although its histogram may be far right, indicating a lot of bright pixels.
The Nikon D40 is a mid-level digital single lens (DSLR) camera. It offers the benefits of digital photography, such as instant image review, and advanced features like interchangeable lenses. One of its features, the ability to produce an images histogram, can be helpful when exposing the photo. A histogram is a graph with degrees of brightness on the bottom axis (from black to white) and the amount of pixels of each shade along the vertical. A histogram graph too far to the right may indicate an underexposed image and vice versa. By adjusting the camera's settings you can achieve a better exposed photo.
Instructions
1. Press the "Playback" button and navigate to the image you would like to investigate.
2. Press the "Multiselector" up to present the image's histogram. Look for any trends, such as too far left or too far right.
3. Note the trend and deduce correct it. For example, a graph that is too far right can be centered by increasing the brightness.
4. Press the shutter button halfway to return to shooting mode. Adjust the camera's settings appropriately, and then take another picture.
5. Repeat the process by reading the new image's histogram. A perfect image will have a centered graph.
Tags: camera settings, histogram graph, image histogram