Banking on bracketing
Usually in woodland I try to eliminate as the sky or as much of it from the frame. The obvious reason for this is that inevitability the sky, no mater what the day is like will blow out the highlights, as the dynamic range is too much. Sometimes to capture a scene you need to include a big lump of sky. You can’t really use a ND grad as it will darken the intruding branches and foliage, so you need to either bracket the scene or reduce the exposure. Given the great DR latitude of our modern camera more often than not from a 3 frame bracket I only use 2 or in the end go with the darkest one.
Banking on bracketing
Usually in woodland I try to eliminate as the sky or as much of it from the frame. The obvious reason for this is that inevitability the sky, no mater what the day is like will blow out the highlights, as the dynamic range is too much. Sometimes to capture a scene you need to include a big lump of sky. You can’t really use a ND grad as it will darken the intruding branches and foliage, so you need to either bracket the scene or reduce the exposure. Given the great DR latitude of our modern camera more often than not from a 3 frame bracket I only use 2 or in the end go with the darkest one.