Have you ever shot
a landscape under
glorious conditions and
rushed home to look at the
results, only to find they are
slightly underwhelming?
This doesn’t necessarily
mean you did something
wrong: it might simply
be that the image needs
a little coaxing into life.
Often the challenge with
landscapes is in recording
detail in both the brightest
and darkest parts of the
scene. When the sun islow in the sky, this can
be doubly difficult, as the
highlights will be strong
and the shadows can be
very deep. As such, on initial
inspection the scene can
be a disappointment, with
detail-less dark areas or
blown-out skies.
However, just because
the detail isn’t visible at first,
doesn’t necessarily mean it’s
not there. As long as pixels
aren’t clipped to pure black
or white, there’s a good
chance you can tease detailout of the tonal extremes
and bring balance to the
image. This is especially true
if the image is a raw file,
which has greater dynamic
range than a JPEG. But even
JPEGs can be enhanced.
We‘ll use the local
adjustment tools in
Camera Raw; you’ll find
near-identical tools in
Lightroom. The key tools
are the Graduated Filter and
Adjustment Brush. They let
us isolate and adjust areas
with ultimate control...James Paterson teases out lost details from the shadows
and highlights, for perfectly balanced landscape photosATTENTION TO DETAIL
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