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I recently discovered the luminance range mask in ACR. Amazing stuff! But, it seems I must choose what I do with the generated mask while still in ACR, which is limited to mostly "exposure ...

Unfortunately yeah I've always shot at AWB, and reading now I am reading why that is not a great idea. I know WB can always be corrected in post, but it's kind of hard to know what the right place ...

Thanks so much David for taking a look. Do you mind describing how you processed the sky? I like how yours turned out, and I'm just looking for new ideas at this point. As mentioned in the OP, I do ...

Weird, I cannot seem to find an edit option for my OP. Here is a tif download as well. Thanks for the suggestion!

See raw image here . Note that I have a dozen other sequence images for noise reduction (via median stacking), and some other longer exposures for the foreground. But for the purposes of this post, ...

I'm trying to shoot a small, fast-moving subject, using a 400mm lens + 1.4x TC. FWIW, the subject is a hummingbird darting between salvia flowers. It is generally in the range of 6-12ft from me. MF ...