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Good work that you keep experimenting!!! i would probably zoom in a bit more as the white sky is a bit boring so i want to reduce the size of the sky in the photo.

Yes i feel the photo is a bit dark. It is probably because there is a large while area near the center of the photo: the white cloud and the snow mountain.
The camera's metering system sees it (not knowing they are supposed to be white) and will try to adjust the exposure so you get mid grey. So the photo become underexposed.

To fix this problem, review your photo (and maybe check the histogram) immediately after you took it, you'll see it's too dark so you can dial in some exposure compensation probably around +1-1.7 EV in your case and retake the photo until you got a good exposure. Even thou the Nikon DSLR's metering system is quite complicated, it can still be fooled easily so it's a good practice to check your photo immediately after each shot to make sure the exposure and white balance are correct.


Rule to remember:
If you are using matrix or center weight metering:
When there is a large white area in the photo, you need to dial in some +ve exposure compensation
When there is a large black area in the photo, you need to dial in some -ve exposure compensation

Thanks for the help.
While I had done some reading on exposure compensation I haven't gotten around to trying it out in practice or fully understanding it.

Thanks again..
Phil.

Looks good Phil.

One thing about the exposure compensation is.. remember to reset it back to zero after you finished the shot!!
otherwise you may end up have all your photos under or over exposed

I'm speaking from my own painful experience!!!

Actually another thing that is even worse is.. if you turned on bracketing..and forgot to set it back
then if you didn't notice that small +/- sign in the viewfinder, you will be scratching your head and wondering why the exposure is all over the place

also speaking from my own painful experience!!!