Sometimes you only get a fleeting second of light and you’ll have to grab what you can with the camera you having your hands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The story behind this photo is that we were walking to a limestone pavement to capture photos of trees growing out of rocks when one of the clouds opened and let the sun shine through for what was only a few fleeting seconds. This is the image I grabbed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Luckily I did have a 2 stop neutral density grand filter on the camera so could protect the highlights to some extent but as you will see in this video the foreground<\/a> is pretty much black and the sky is almost burnt out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In this full length tutorial I take you through the steps to rescue something from this grab shot, starting from the raw file in Adobe Lightroom and working 2-in Photoshop with luminosity masks and curves layers to lighten the darks and enhance contrast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n