Without questions, I don't really know where to start, so I guess I'll start with some examples...
One of the problems with automatic modes in cameras is, they tend to take an average reading of the scene, while the photographer's attention is focused on a particular element. I tend to use an aperture priority mode for most of my shots that have little movement. For action shots I use shutter priority and for specialized shots I use manual.
Here's a typical situation, where the sky overwhelmed the scene and how it was corrected in Photoshop. As mentioned in other threads, I shoot in RAW+JPEG.
Here's the JPEG... Look familiar?...
Here's how it cleaned up... This could not be done with a JPEG file, because too much information would be missing. It's still not the greatest photo, but it beats the delete key...
One of the problems with automatic modes in cameras is, they tend to take an average reading of the scene, while the photographer's attention is focused on a particular element. I tend to use an aperture priority mode for most of my shots that have little movement. For action shots I use shutter priority and for specialized shots I use manual.
Here's a typical situation, where the sky overwhelmed the scene and how it was corrected in Photoshop. As mentioned in other threads, I shoot in RAW+JPEG.
Here's the JPEG... Look familiar?...

Here's how it cleaned up... This could not be done with a JPEG file, because too much information would be missing. It's still not the greatest photo, but it beats the delete key...
