On Monday, February 16, 2015 10:31 Robert William Hutton wrote: > Could you put the image somewhere for us to download and test, and also let > us know what version of dt you're using? darktable1.7.0.1424014391.c299115 > > Also, this kind of email would be better on darktable-users, no? > > Regards, > > Rob
You are right Rob ... now on users list files on .... https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ew662uc7su6cahw/AABYIzMxplNUR-7fRvc7ZoQha?dl=0 As the image exposure stands there are significant amounts of overexposure but as I roll back the exposure on the histogram the area of overexposure increases over parts of the image. This is something that I have seen in several instances. David > > On 16/02/15 09:46, David Vincent-Jones wrote: > > This is a repeat question .. I suspect that my original did not transmit > > correctly. > > > > I photograph a person and note that part of the skin tone is clipped. On > > checking the RGB the red is obviously the problem ... OK that I > > understand. > > > > I then reduce the illumination with the expectation of some possible > > recovery but find that the area designated as overexposure is now greater > > than before and the more that I pull down the exposure the worse the > > problem appears to get. Why! > > > > David > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=190641631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Darktable-users mailing list Darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users