Graphics Programs Reference
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Step Seven:
Before we leave the Shadows slider, we need to switch to another image for just a moment
(we'll come back to the other image shortly), because I want to point out that one of the
most common times you'll use the Shadows slider is when your subject is backlit like this
one, where the sky is pretty well exposed, but the foreground is really dark. When I was
standing there, of course my eye compensated perfectly for the two vastly different expos-
ures, but our cameras still aren't as sophisticated as the human eye, so we get shots that
look like this. Start by bumping up the Exposure, and then the Contrast (the Shadows slider
will work much better when you tweak these first).
