>In those scenes, a polarizing filter would be a big help to
>reduce the refection from water. Unless you are doing HDR
>brackets, the D7000 has such good DR that I would shoot in RAW
>and meter for the high tones and bring up the mids and shadows
>in post which will be essentially noiseless if shooting at low
>ISO. I would also avoid mid-day shooting unless there is
>filtered shade for subject illumination, or using powerful
>flash for fill of the hard shadows that will be created
>mid-day. The D7000 should do well in those conditions if you
>mind the high tones.

i have just re-read your post properly
what do you mean when you say

>meter for the high tones and bring up the mids and shadows
>in post which will be essentially noiseless if shooting at low
>ISO

would help me if you can explain wat exactly i need to do as im still a novice
cheers

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