Olivier Thereaux <
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> Because of that, the usual trick (basically, underexpose and
> post-process, since you can recover underexposed areas but can't recover
> blown-up ones) is sometimes not enough to portrait a high-contrast
> scene, and this technique comes in handy, and is quite easy to perform
> (provided you have a tripod and a camera with manual exposure setting).
Called "burning and dodging." Where you burn in image - for instance
lighter area with detail that wouldn't be visible otherwise while
dodging (blocking) the rest of the exposure. I use to do this with
back and white.
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