>>3491540>Been shooting mostly on aperture priority, as well, so far.And that's fine. I noticed that this picture has an ISO of 100 as well. So what's currently happening is, that you have a chosen aperture and a fixed ISO. The only way left for your camera to control exposure is shutterspeed.
>But, even with 1/100 +0.7, this one, taken in full on blasting sun, is pretty dark, for what it is.That is, because your camera is most likely metering from the sky.
And this picture with 1/100s does look a tack sharper than the one you posted before.
>Overall too much contrast, I suppose, but I'm not yet sure how to suppress that.That's because direct sunlight creates hard shadows. E.g. try going out around at 6pm when the sun is a little lower.
I think there's a fairly easy solution to fixing your contrast and sharpness problems, they're just going to take a little time to practice.
First of all, learn how to adjust iso, it's a simple setting. Once you have that, choose 400 ISO and shoot with aperture priority as you did before. Your camera should be using cosiderably smaller shutter speeds now, and that might fix your sharpness.
Next, to improve the hard lights go out and practice with any subject or theme, where there is no sky visible. You will most likely find, that your pictures are getting a softer and more pleasurable look to them. You can shoot anything, cars, people, storefronts, flowers etc. It will give you a feeling for direct sunlight and soft shadows. Once you get a little accustomed to that you should read up on metering modes and that will improve your landscape shots massively too. Your composition is fine, it's the understanding of light in your photo that you have to get a feeling for. And don't be afraid to use ISOs up to 800.
