Flooding near Foundry Brook
Stratfield Mortimer
Berkshire UK
24/12/18
Mire
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Eyeteeth 
Stunning. It appears that you’ve caught the full range of black to white.
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Glad you like it Tim, thank you. There certainly is a wide range in here, I was pleasantly surprised by what lurked in the shadows.
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Yes, I think I’m still pushing the dynamic range. I’m learning more how to do that I both Lightroom and Photoshop.
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I find there is always a juggling act between pulling shadows and retaining a balanced feel within the image. Too much and it starts to look unnatural, something I hope to avoid. I often start by drawing down the brightest areas and then lifting the whole exposure a bit before adjusting the blacks and whites. After that I’ll work up the dark areas a bit where I think it’s needed. I try to do everything in ACR (or Lightroom) and just use photoshop for selective sharpening and scaling depending on the desired destination.
It’s not so far from what I used to do in a dark room dodging and burning prints just rather more accurate and generally less time consuming. I guess that’s why I still find black and white images so appealing, there is a lot more flexibility.
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Those appear to be excellent instructions. Thank you.
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My pleasure Tim, that’s the gist of it. I use adjustment brushes and gradients to balance things for the most part and control the blacks, whites and general exposure globally if that makes sense.
All the best.
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Yes, it does. Thank you again.
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