Sheila...I just felt like my post might sound like "talking down"..that is all..no gratitude need be shown on the posts! I like you well enough to know you are a kind lady.... I knew you were using hot lights, too, figured you might have a hand meter. This graphic shows the approximate size of a 1% meter area. If my math is right.. now for the life of me I don't have a clue if digitals meter a circle or rectangle area(square pixels). The green represents about 1 % of the frame. I had to do this one for me..not sure just how much was covered and how much was not. From this, the spots in the sample images would be larger. Yes, gray card...mine got lost somewhere, misplaced around my nest. I intended to use one as a last shot to see the diference. The mid tone area of the wall in #1 had to make up for that. Results are from this particular metering: The best exposture overall.