{"id":1810,"date":"2022-04-28T22:22:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T20:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/?p=1810"},"modified":"2022-04-28T22:36:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T20:36:01","slug":"how-to-detect-poorly-exposed-images-how-to-improve-and-why-it-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/28\/how-to-detect-poorly-exposed-images-how-to-improve-and-why-it-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"How to detect poorly exposed images, why it matters and how to improve"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1810\" class=\"elementor elementor-1810\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-03debea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"03debea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a26644a\" data-id=\"a26644a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74f4bda elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74f4bda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d48fa40 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d48fa40\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7155b5a\" data-id=\"7155b5a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d08ea7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d08ea7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is not a post for beginners. I assume the reader understands well all <a href=\"https:\/\/digital-photography-school.com\/learning-exposure-in-digital-photography\/\">the basics of exposure in photography<\/a>.<\/p><p>As a photographer, with modern cameras, one may believe that it is very rare to fail to expose properly an image. Well, whereas this is true for most images, there are still so many cases where it is not that exceptional. Let me give you a few examples:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72f8973 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72f8973\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-224c659\" data-id=\"224c659\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28f6e61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28f6e61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Mt-Blanc-High-Keys-1024x678.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1812\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Mt-Blanc-High-Keys-1024x678.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Mt-Blanc-High-Keys-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Mt-Blanc-High-Keys-768x509.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Mt-Blanc-High-Keys-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Mt-Blanc-High-Keys.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Example 1: Mont Blanc - Long Range shot with haze<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-00f9faa\" data-id=\"00f9faa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fe90fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5fe90fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"407\" height=\"195\" src=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Mt-Blanc-High-Keys-Histogram.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1813\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Mt-Blanc-High-Keys-Histogram.jpg 407w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Mt-Blanc-High-Keys-Histogram-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c51f15d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c51f15d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d2ecea\" data-id=\"3d2ecea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e80918 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e80918\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mont Blanc shot with a Nikon DSLR + Tele lens, Program A. The matrix system of Nikon made a mistake that I did not detect but the image is over exposed, significantly. Due to some haze, the low contrast is making the post-processing very challenging, and the result is disappointing.<\/p><div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -34px; top: -2.66667px;\"><div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d7dbeb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d7dbeb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-973989e\" data-id=\"973989e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87f6515 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"87f6515\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PASS-Underwater-underexposed-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1814\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PASS-Underwater-underexposed-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PASS-Underwater-underexposed-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PASS-Underwater-underexposed-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PASS-Underwater-underexposed-1536x864.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PASS-Underwater-underexposed.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Example 2 : Underwater<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba2d00e\" data-id=\"ba2d00e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec768c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ec768c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"402\" height=\"188\" src=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PASS-Underwater-underexposed-Histogram.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1815\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PASS-Underwater-underexposed-Histogram.jpg 402w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PASS-Underwater-underexposed-Histogram-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6547bf2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6547bf2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fa0632\" data-id=\"3fa0632\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ad04ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ad04ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Underwater images can be challenging for the measuring system. Panasonic\u2019s one was fooled, under exposing the image. The camera\u2019s sensor is old (LX 100) and at 800 ISO, noise is too high when an exposure correction is needed not to impact the final quality of the images shot during this underwater shoot.<\/p><div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 6px; top: -2.66667px;\"><div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ddfea18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ddfea18\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8e06c4\" data-id=\"d8e06c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dfc089 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4dfc089\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Remarks about an exposure wrongly set-up<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb9d8cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cb9d8cb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ed7d81\" data-id=\"8ed7d81\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a88fa5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a88fa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In both cases above, in the introduction, if you always shoot the same kind of images, you will learn from your mistakes of course and you won\u2019t miss the exposure, eventually. But as soon as you get out of your comfort zone and try new things, that\u2019s a different story.<\/p><p>Finally, when I am culling images after a shoot, I am facing two challenges when it comes to exposure: one which looks trivial (detect the very poorly exposed images) and one which is tricky: flag images that are not so well exposed, still usable but below the quality level I can deliver. So that I can improve. And even if the first issue (detect poorly exposed images) is easy, it can be tedious to cull them. And culling is boring anyway. That\u2019s why this rule has been implemented in the software <a href=\"https:\/\/camerafutura.com\/\">Futura Photo<\/a>, which goals are to facilitate the culling process and other steps needed before the post-processing.<\/p><p>When it comes to exposure, I like to write there are 2 different issues:<\/p><ul><li>Clipping and burning<\/li><li>Overall exposure of the image<\/li><\/ul><p>\u201cClipping and burning\u201d means missing to expose properly some parts of the images whereas it was possible. I have already detailed this problem in <a href=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/08\/about-clipping-blacks-and-blowing-highlights-an-attempt-to-bring-together-art-science-and-discipline\/\">a previous post<\/a> and this rule is also implemented into Futura Photo for the same reason.<\/p><p>Overall exposure is a different problem: you can have missed to expose as needed the image without burning or clipping (again in a significant way) your photo. Let&#8217;s have a look at the next image:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a557428 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a557428\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-49ceaf0\" data-id=\"49ceaf0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92f258f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"92f258f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Dragonfly-1024x684.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1816\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Dragonfly-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Dragonfly-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Dragonfly-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Dragonfly-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Dragonfly.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ab54eb0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ab54eb0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f527e4\" data-id=\"6f527e4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef0c4e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef0c4e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Whereas the image itself is globally overexposed, the subject, a dragonfly, is really underexposed. But no part is burnt or clipped.<\/p><p>More interesting, there are actually different ways to miss this global exposure\u2026 Let\u2019s now discuss this.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc280a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc280a7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8ad0b5\" data-id=\"f8ad0b5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a2c0a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a2c0a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Different kinds of badly exposed images<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f7f592c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f7f592c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8dddc62\" data-id=\"8dddc62\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ca96c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ca96c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Let\u2019s group them in 3 main groups:<\/p><ul><li>Case 1: Just poor exposure : very over or under exposed<\/li><li>Case 2: No midtone<\/li><li>Case 3: Low contrast and images poorly exposed (over or under)<\/li><\/ul><p>Below an example for each group:<\/p><div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 4px; top: 43.0417px;\"><div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e5a50ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e5a50ca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d703301\" data-id=\"d703301\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac31353 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac31353\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Sunset-1024x678.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1817\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Sunset-1024x678.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Sunset-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Sunset-768x509.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Sunset-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Sunset.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a8cf04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a8cf04\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8286ec7\" data-id=\"8286ec7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a77a715 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a77a715\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Case 1 example : I wanted to avoid too much burnt parts around the sun, but I went too far, and the image is underexposed.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53314cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53314cd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40bd325\" data-id=\"40bd325\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ee4f63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ee4f63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"702\" src=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PASS-Very-light-tone.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1818\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PASS-Very-light-tone.jpg 534w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PASS-Very-light-tone-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-767e24c\" data-id=\"767e24c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd769c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd769c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"116\" src=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PASS-Very-light-tone-Histogram-300x116.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1819\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PASS-Very-light-tone-Histogram-300x116.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/PASS-Very-light-tone-Histogram.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e21f54 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e21f54\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6dca97\" data-id=\"a6dca97\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8df7c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8df7c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Case 2: no midtone. The tree is over exposed. We should have some low keys.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d0c18e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d0c18e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9bafb09\" data-id=\"9bafb09\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba6e1a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ba6e1a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Plane-Highlight-1024x678.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1820\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Plane-Highlight-1024x678.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Plane-Highlight-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Plane-Highlight-768x509.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Plane-Highlight-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/tristanromain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FAIL-Plane-Highlight.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1e6032 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1e6032\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5eeb75e\" data-id=\"5eeb75e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c4485c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c4485c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Case 3: low contrast. Image overexposed.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The root causes of each category are quite different from each other.<\/p><p>Case 1 is easy to fix\u2026 whatever the root cause could be (Manual Mode badly set up, camera measurement system fooled, not enough light).<\/p><p>Case 2 can mean \u201cbuy a better gear\u201d capable to have a bigger dynamic range, shoot raw (if not yet the case), or come back with a better light (as image is too much contrasted), or bracket. Or all of that.<\/p><p>Case 3 can fool even experienced photograph. For low contrast images, don\u2019t hesitate to bracket. In the above example of case 2, it is too a low contrast image too. Of course, the tricky scenario can be a mix of the 3 different cases.<\/p><div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -34px; top: -2.66667px;\"><div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e37f2d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e37f2d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2746f22\" data-id=\"2746f22\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd0ab52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd0ab52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why it matters<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46df673 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46df673\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d24d5e\" data-id=\"4d24d5e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1009343 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1009343\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Even when shooting RAW, sky is not the limit. A failure to define the right exposure means less contrast in your image and degraded result. For some images shot with cameras benefiting from high dynamic range, this can be perfectly acceptable, and the consumed JPG will look perfect. But not for all, far from that.<\/p><p>When you have missed to expose as you should have, you just can\u2019t do what you want during the post-processing, but just what you can, from such an image, and you may very well fail to express something artistic like you have wished. Yes, it is not a detail. Either for lack of rigour or being too much complacent, we, photographers, tend to underestimate the lack of quality of our images. It is good to remember that, detect what went wrong and improve.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><em>Disclaimer: I am the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/camerafutura.com\/company\">Camera Futura<\/a>, the company behind <a href=\"https:\/\/camerafutura.com\/download\">Futura Photo<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -24px; top: -2.66667px;\"><div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction This is not a post for beginners. I assume the reader understands well all the basics of exposure in photography. As a photographer, with modern cameras, one may believe that it is very rare to fail to expose properly an image. 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