I just learned of this cabin in the UW Arboretum today. I saw a nice fall photo of it, and set out to find it on the many trails. Surprisingly, I found it rather quickly, and started shooting away. It' unfortunate that this is a basic editing challenge, as this would be been a wonderful opportunity for HDR. Instead, I had to settle for trying to mimic HDR with a single exposure, which just doesn't work all that well. It's also unfortunate that I didn't have my flash with me, since that could have really helped balance the exposure.
Post Processing:
* Increase Recovery and Highlights a lot
* Reduce black point
* Topaz Adjust
* Topaz Detail
* Topaz Adjust again
* Increase Exposure and Black Point
* Increase Definition
* Increase Saturation with much lower Vibrancy
* Reduce Highlights further via a curve
* Export to tiff
* Re-size to 1600px
* Sharpen Edges
* Re-size to 800px
* Save for web
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