I can't believe what they feed us!

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Rich A wrote:

Amateur Photographer magazine had an article on corrected 31 problems in
photography. Number whatever, was about exposing for highlights. They had a
tiny little pair of before and after shots of a scene where the land was
black and the sky bright. They obviously raised up the land by at least 4
stops in order to show detail and equalized the image in the "after" shot.
But it was a misrepresentation. Problem is, doing that makes horrific noise
visible. A scene in a wood where some trees are in sun and there are other
areas in shade, can be 9-10 stops different. I don't care how many stops of
DR you have, underexposed is underexposed and when you try to fix it, you
cannot avoid the ugly noise in the dark areas. Better to let it stay dark or
blow the highlights.

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