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Subject: Re: [OM] (OT) Fourth of July Parade
From: <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 22:33:56 -0400
Cc: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I think I'm convinced. The D3 holds incredible detail in the shadows, and it's 
not bringing out the detail that usually worries me, but rather avoiding the 
milky look that incorrectly applied shadow/highlight control can create. The 
extra sliders help, and I usually make good use of them. (Can't recall their 
exact names now because I'm at work and don't have CS$ available.)

As a rule, I like to adjust exposure for the shadows, and bring down the 
highlights rather than delving into shadow detail, but the controls are getting 
better, and I'm a little more adept than I used to be.

http://www.bwp33.com/page16/files/page16-1006-full.html

Is an example of fiddling with shadow.highlight. I selected the hat and brought 
down the highlights, and then selected the face and brought up the shadows. The 
original was pretty crappy. The adjusted version looks pretty good, if I do say 
so myself. It took a while, well, more than a minute or two, but I think it 
worked out fairly well. Another shot I spent some effort on is "About That No 
Muffler Thing." The deputy's face was heavily shadowed, but came out nicely 
with shadow/highlight. Sometimes I have to use that extra contrast slider int 
he control to help work out the milky look. Right subject and not too much 
fiddling necessary and it works pretty well. Hard to detect, in fact. 

I suspect the control over selection could be much more precise if using a pen 
and tablet, but I haven't progressed that far yet.

--Bob Whitmire
www.bwp33.com


---- Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> <snip>
> But if the camera offers one stop of shadow 
> detail via shadow/highlight it may be the safest and most effective 
> course for many situations.
> 
> Dr. (sometimes) Flash

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