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Fools Infinite
Mar 21, 2006
Journeyman
As edited there is something a little unpleasant about the color gradients in the trees. It might be a symptom of how you are contrasting/sharpening the overall image.

Just playing with the jpg, masking out the background and applying a tone curve to tune in the contrast seemed to help some.


I'm still not sure if you shouldn't lean into the background being softened out and just smooth the gradients/fix the color, hard to say looking at the jpg.

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Fools Infinite
Mar 21, 2006
Journeyman
Nikon cameras have d-lighting for high contrast jpg shots which use the extra information in the raw file to address the problem.

You can also use a graduated ND (glass filter that's only dark on the top) to balance the sky. Or leave things silhouetted.

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