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<p>[QUOTE="rmpsrpms, post: 2361023, member: 31773"]No, that image is fairly well-balanced, except for the few lost shadows around IGWT, and a splash of mostly R highlights across much of image. Based on your comments I assume the image has had no post-processing, so a slight adjustment of -1/3EV, with a small decrease in contrast, would fix both minor problems in the image. Basically, the overall image contrast is a little too high. </p><p><br /></p><p>You need to realize that a significant amount of RAW processing is happening in the camera to produce the jpg image. How the camera (or a RAW postprocessing program) maps the 12+bit dynamic range of the RAW sensor data into the 8-bit dynamic range of the jpg final image is determined by the Picture Style and its sub-settings. This processing is convolved with both the exposure settings and the lighting used to take the picture, resulting in the camera output image. </p><p><br /></p><p>If an image contains blown highlights, or crushed blacks, there is no coming back from it. Those areas of the image are lost forever.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rmpsrpms, post: 2361023, member: 31773"]No, that image is fairly well-balanced, except for the few lost shadows around IGWT, and a splash of mostly R highlights across much of image. Based on your comments I assume the image has had no post-processing, so a slight adjustment of -1/3EV, with a small decrease in contrast, would fix both minor problems in the image. Basically, the overall image contrast is a little too high. You need to realize that a significant amount of RAW processing is happening in the camera to produce the jpg image. How the camera (or a RAW postprocessing program) maps the 12+bit dynamic range of the RAW sensor data into the 8-bit dynamic range of the jpg final image is determined by the Picture Style and its sub-settings. This processing is convolved with both the exposure settings and the lighting used to take the picture, resulting in the camera output image. If an image contains blown highlights, or crushed blacks, there is no coming back from it. Those areas of the image are lost forever.[/QUOTE]
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