Left Behind #6

Belts
Garnet, Montana

This stack of belts (human and machine) was lit by a window out of frame to the left, creating a very high contrast situation. By shooting a raw image, I was able to recover detail in the highlights and shadows through editing that would have been lost with a JPEG photo.

Same image before editing to darken highlights and brighten shadows

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