Blown Out Detail. Please Help!

newbnewb Registered Users Posts: 186 Major grins
edited September 4, 2011 in Finishing School
Ok so, the side of the barn in this shot is completely gone. I cant clone it out, because theres not a lot to pull from around the barn and still look natural. Thats just me tho. I even took some underexposed shots to try and layer in a correct exposure. Its still blown out in them too. So what can I do? Thanks!

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  • PeanoPeano Registered Users Posts: 268 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2011
    I would clone out the barn and darken the sunlit grass in the middle-ground behind the fence and
    open shadow details in the foreground.

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    Peano
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  • newbnewb Registered Users Posts: 186 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2011
    Lol, very nice! Did you just use the clone tool to get rid of the barn or did you do somethin else?
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  • PeanoPeano Registered Users Posts: 268 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2011
    newb wrote: »
    Lol, very nice! Did you just use the clone tool to get rid of the barn or did you do somethin else?

    Just the clone tool.
    Peano
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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited September 3, 2011
    I agree with Peano, that big white blob just draws the eye away.

    It is just better to banish it entirely. There are other buildings that might tempt the same fate too.
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  • arodneyarodney Registered Users Posts: 2,005 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2011
    You have the raw? Because if you do, its quite possible you can find there is plenty of data there to render. If so, we can take a crack at it.

    Its a JPEG, you’re stuck (retouch time, not ideal).
    Andrew Rodney
    Author "Color Management for Photographers"
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  • newbnewb Registered Users Posts: 186 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2011
    Peano wrote: »
    Just the clone tool.

    Sweet thanks.
    pathfinder wrote: »
    I agree with Peano, that big white blob just draws the eye away.

    It is just better to banish it entirely. There are other buildings that might tempt the same fate too.

    Ill get rid of those too, and see how it looks. Thanks.
    arodney wrote: »
    You have the raw? Because if you do, its quite possible you can find there is plenty of data there to render. If so, we can take a crack at it.

    Its a JPEG, you’re stuck (retouch time, not ideal).

    I do have the RAW file. I tried adjusting the exposure in Camera RAW, and even used the recovery slider, with no luck. Is there somethin else to try?
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  • arodneyarodney Registered Users Posts: 2,005 Major grins
    edited September 4, 2011
    newb wrote: »
    I do have the RAW file. I tried adjusting the exposure in Camera RAW, and even used the recovery slider, with no luck. Is there somethin else to try?

    Then the raw data was actually over exposed assuming you lowered Exposure as far as it can go and you still clip. Nothing you can do but try to pull in as much detail as possible from the raw and reconstruct in Photoshop. Or see if you have another bracket down a bit. A truly over exposed raw is usually a good 1.5X stops over a JPEG.
    Andrew Rodney
    Author "Color Management for Photographers"
    http://www.digitaldog.net/
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