Adjusting shadows and highlights in a raw image

While the Shadow/Highlights command doesn't exist inside the Raw dialog box, you will …find sliders for Shadows and Highlights, as well as White and Black values. I want to …show you how it is really effective to let's start with the raw photo. …On this first image, I want to lift out the area in the shadows. Clicking Auto will do …a pretty good job in evening out the exposure and then notice we can lift the shadowy areas …up independently. So even though they are sitting in the shade, we could properly expose.…

Using the Blacks slider, I can restore contrast to the blacks so they don't get too washed …out as I increase the Shadows slider. But it's important to use that Blacks slider to balance it out. …Highlights will let you recover any blown-out areas, so you can pull those down for …the areas that are in brighter sun, such as the top there of the egg, and that brings back …some of the lost detail. I could then make a global adjustment to exposure until I am …satisfied with the effect, and clicking the Preview box there shows you the before and …