Correcting a challenging image

In this movie I'll show you how to use…curves to correct the most challenging of full color photographs.…Specifically we'll be starting with this absurdly high contrast image.…In which the foreground subject could not be darker.…And the background is so bright we can barely make out any detail.…And we'll adjust the image so it comes out looking like this.…With this wonderful detail inside the…(UNKNOWN),…this contouring inside the snow, and even some variation in the sky.…And if nothing else this is proof of the sheer power of colors.…

If really is that one command that can…correct the luminance of just about any photograph.…So, I'll go and switch back to my original photo…here, and I got to the image venue for a moment.…And choose adjustments and by way of a reminder, if you load a…(UNKNOWN).…You'll see that brightness contrast as a keyboard short-cut of Ctrl or Cmd slash.…And then we have the factory default short-cuts of control or…command l and Ctrl or Cmd M for levels and curves respectively.…Now, of course, those apply static adjustments.…