Many photographic opportunities are open to interpretation, such as this photo of needlerush and pickerel weed. I could have exposed it so that the background was visible. But it would have lost much, if not most, of the drama that is present in the photo as a result of underexposing slightly. Underexposure causes the background to fall to featureless black, which keeps the detail of things in the back from distracting from the main subject. Underexposing also brings the wonderful cross lighting to the forefront causing a relatively mundane subject to have high drama. It may not be exactly true to what was really present, but it fulfills the vision I had in my mind's eye. And that is part of what experience with your camera's settings allows you to do - creatively interpret an image.
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