One of my greatest frustrations is dealing with lost detail in overblown reds. Does anyone have a systematic workflow in Lightroom or Photoshop for bringing back details (e.g., feather details in a male vermilion flycatcher) in clipped reds without losing so much of the beautiful natural saturation of those reds. I've tried different combinations of lowering saturation and luminance in the red, orange, and yellow channels, but to bring out the detail I always lose more color than I'd like. Is the trick to underexpose in the camera and then bring up everything but the reds in post-processing? I'm using a Canon 7D (and previously, Rebel XT), shoot in RAW, usually in Tv mode with no exposure compensation, usually spot or center-weighted average metering, and use Lightroom and occasionally Photoshop for processing. Thanks in advance for any insight you can impart.
Paul







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