The 7th of February there were heavy winds and it looked very dark out when suddenly the sun came out for a couple seconds and lit up this amazing scene I walked by. The sun left behind the clouds and I quickly setup my tripod in between the fallen trees and leaves hoping to see this light come in again. With a shutter of 1/10th of a second I held my finger on the remote trigger and when the light came in a minute or two later I quickly pressed my shutter hoping that at least one of them was sharp. And then after 5 seconds the sun was gone for the day and I was left with photograph I’m personally really happy with.
Darkening or painting over burnt highlight parts without details is not a good idea. Otherwise beautiful composition and wonderful back light.
Thanks for the feedback! I initially thought adding a bit of a glow by raising the midtones with curves and lightly painting over them would hide the over exposed highlight. Should I have just left them be as there were?
It is always better to leave as it is, plus looks cleaner, if nothing else. There were been difficult conditions (huge dynamic range), only blending multiple exposures would solved the problem on best way.