Auto Adjustments Need Adult Supervision

Thin Ice

I noticed this scene as I walked down the trail the other morning.  I shot it for Deep DOF with Helicon Focus twice.  The is the first series of captures processed.  Photoshop curves made this adjustment.  I have noticed that an image, having whites, looses detail at the hands of the curves/auto.  The white snow has lost detail.

Thin Ice

I fine tune my exposure in Adobe Camera Raw.  The snow is white and exposure is set carefully so that it does not loose detail.  I then go through curves manually and finally set contrast with curves.  My procedure does not blow out my carefully set highlights.  I just need to remember to watch my highlights.

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