Digital Magic

        Digital photography is amazing. And the key word is "digital". Above is a before and after picture I took while at the old tobacco barn in North Carolina. When I opened it on my computer I was very disappointed in the exposure - it was obviously underexposed and way too dark. But through the miracle of a graphics program and a lot of adjustments it was salvaged. I need to put in the normal disclosure: This would have been a better picture if it had been properly exposed in the camera. Adjustments of the magnitude that I had to make to this photo to get it "right" alway destroy some of the integrity of the finished product and print quality is often compromised. And I would not have been anywhere near as successful if the picture had been overexposed. But being able to "save" photos that you might otherwise have to trash is a beautiful thing.

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