July 1, 2004

• There’s a lot of discussion about RAW giving you a lot more room than
  JPG for exposure latitude. This is true – you can rescue about one stop
  more of overexposure, which is a lot (double) but, you would be amazed
  how much you can pull out of an image that was shot overexposed, IN
  JPG, because honestly – there is still a good amount of information in
  the highlights as long as you don’t go over the top. And often, though
  you may think an area is completely blown out, there is still a lot of
  information to rescue.

  For example, here’s an image taken by
  Kristen Alexander that was accidentally shot about two stops too hot.
  Next to that is the image I was able to pull out of it using just a few
  steps:

  

  To see the step-by-step techniques used in this case, click here!!!

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