Bruce indicated that these were proofs and that "If they pick certain ones for prints then those might get some extra work to bring out any detail (highlights and shadows) that might be available in the raw image."
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sep 7, 2005, at 10:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Okay, stopped down more then the face would have been even darker. > > I don't get how in high contrast situations it can always be avoided. > > Given the scene (and I am only looking at this JPEG example) and > saving the exposure in RAW format, I would have exposed a stop or so > less to retain some detailing in the dress, and adjusted the RAW > converter to bring up the then slightly over-dark face. > > Of course, I expect the photographer already did that to some degree > and it might simply be out of scope for the available dynamic range > of the sensor. The solution then is to flatten out the contrast by > adding light to the darker areas with a flash or reflector, and use > less exposure overall.
