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Re: [OM] IMG: Extreme Light

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Extreme Light
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:37:49 -0700
On 6/11/2013 2:24 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> PESO:
>
> More extreme light from Central America.  I took a whole series of photos
> of Lucinda using a backstrap loom to weave material.  The problem is that
> she's sitting in the bright sun and the porch is in deep shade.  This one
> is just scanned with Vuescan, imported into LR5 and Auto Toned:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/image/150741009

I'd say the scan is a success, as it looks just like a KR slide in that light. 
:-)

> I tried making three exposures and using Photomatix.

As some folks have been saying about another topic, I think the three exposures 
is over thinking. Unless your histogram 
is climbing the ends, you don't need that.

> I tried PS Shadows/Highlights.  They both look too fake.

Yeah, I know, nobody really needs masks. :-)   Then again, two different 
applications of Shadow/Highlight and one of 
Brightness/Contrast, on different levels, with different masks, looks pretty 
good to me. 
<http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Manley/Lucinda_Perez.htm>

One could, of course, back off any of them with an Opacity tweak. I've leaned 
toward more to show what's possible. As 
with some other fairly extreme brightness adjustment, it tends to look too 
extreme when flipping back and forth. Let it 
sit for a while on the altered version and see if it doesn't look rather 
natural.

> Is the original too extreme or acceptable for the situation?

A matter of taste and intended use. It looks like what it is, a 20+ year old KR 
shot in extreme DR conditions. And it 
tells the story. Exposure is pretty darn good for capturing both prime subject 
and the interior.

Corrected, it looks like something else, with more detail in highlights and 
shadows, possibly a more recent, digital 
shot. Still tells the story, but it looks perhaps more like it was shot at a 
different altitude, latitude and/or on a 
slightly overcast day.

What I particularly like about my version is the way it brings up the finished 
work hanging in the shadows. For a 
production version, I'd likely let the stony ground go a little lighter, but 
leave her about as she is.

Shadowy Moose

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