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Figure 12-13. The overall shadow/highlight balance of this photo is about right, but the strong
sideways lighting creates quite an imbalance over this little guy's face. Careful dodging and burn-
ing can help fix problems like this, as Figure 12-14 shows.
Skillful use of dodging and burning can greatly improve photos, although it helps to have an
artistic eye to spot what to emphasize and what to downplay. You can use these tools along-
side Elements' black-and-white conversion feature (
Making Color Photos Black and White
)
to emphasize certain areas of your photos. Masters of black-and-white photography, like An-
sel Adams, relied heavily on dodging and burning (in the darkroom, in those days) to create
their greatest images.
