Liz and I headed for the Portland Japanese Garden on the final day of January and the last day we could get in for free with our zoo membership. It was truly gorgeous outside so the place was packed with visitors. The ticket attendant said over 75% of those so far were zoo members . I’m not surprised as this new program is quite a good deal.
I asked Liz, my photography student, to pose under this archway to demonstrate the versatility of shooting in RAW and just how far you could recover a photo that is underexposed. I deliberately left Liz silhouetted under the arch because of the strong, bright, backlight. I recovered the right amount odf detail by using layering techniques with masking to recover detail and color.
Original Unedited
Recovered & Edited
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