Just wondering what peoples opinions are when it comes to sacrificing shadow detail. Do you let the blacks clip in your colour images - if so how much? Do you only clip B & W images, do you prefer to have a'full' histogram so highlights and shadows are maintaned with full detail.
I'll start and I like my black and white images to have small amounts of shadow clipping and a pretty high level of Highlights blowing out using the medium contrast curve.
Then if I export for web, I use the stronger contrast option in lightroom so more detail is lost but it appears rich,
When I print I change to the medium contrast curve instead so the richness is there when printed and now patchy areas are there. The paper seems to increase contrast natuarally and becuase the detail is there it can also recongnise the finer details- stopping blotchiness.
Colour is a similar affair but I only use the medium contrast curve because I tend to let the highlights take care of themselves and let the black sections flow and I don't reighn them in unless they become to blotchy.
Over to you...
Whatever you vote for please expand on your choices and reasons for your decisions.
I'll start and I like my black and white images to have small amounts of shadow clipping and a pretty high level of Highlights blowing out using the medium contrast curve.
Then if I export for web, I use the stronger contrast option in lightroom so more detail is lost but it appears rich,
When I print I change to the medium contrast curve instead so the richness is there when printed and now patchy areas are there. The paper seems to increase contrast natuarally and becuase the detail is there it can also recongnise the finer details- stopping blotchiness.
Colour is a similar affair but I only use the medium contrast curve because I tend to let the highlights take care of themselves and let the black sections flow and I don't reighn them in unless they become to blotchy.
Over to you...
Whatever you vote for please expand on your choices and reasons for your decisions.