Beginner's dead tree

[Chopkinsca]

A little story first:
I'm new here and only just recently decided to really get into photography. Two Christmas's ago I got a FujiFilm Finepix S1500. Up until last week, I've only been taking photos now and then. Of course I was using auto mode. So yesterday I went on a walk and decided to shoot in manual mode. A lot of the pictures turned out better than I expected since previous forays into manual mode produced bad photos.

The critique:
I really like this photo, but with my limited knowledge, I couldn't get rid of the over exposure on the trunk. All the important image information is in the "photo info" box to the right of the photo.

[SteveFromOhio]

Focal Length: 5.9mm (35mm equivalent: 36mm)

CCD Width: 5.95mm

Exposure Time: 0.0063 s (1/160)

Aperture: f/6.4

ISO Equiv.: 64

Whitebalance: Auto]

Please put the exif information with the post, please. It makes things easier.

I'm not having a good post writing day, so the quick answer is that you need to use a faster shutter speed to let in less light. Read up on the exposure triangle for a better explaination.

HTH
Steve