Ahhhhh.....

[Joel Bolden]

The Painted Turtles were out today obviously enjoying the sun on Penn State's Lake Perez.

 

[MitchP]

Aww, nice capture.

Looks like turtle shells might be a little blown out, though.

 

[Jeff15]

Nice shot but I agree with Mitch.....

 

[K9Kirk]

Whites blown out but other than that a nice image. It's almost as if they were posing for a portrait shot, very cool.

 

[jeffashman]

Nice shot in a challenging lighting situation!

 

[Joel Bolden]

I left the shells "blown out" as you say, on purpose. That was the way they appeared in that light, and that's what I wanted to keep. I also edited this way, but didn't much care for it. The first was

how my eye saw the scene.

 

[K9Kirk]

I gotta admit, turtle shells are hard to deal with in bright light. I don't even bother with them anymore unless it's during the golden hour when the light is dimmer.

 

[MitchP]

I gotta admit, turtle shells are hard to deal with in bright light. I don't even bother with them anymore unless it's during the golden hour when the light is dimmer.

True, even the original image is over exposed. This would be a good opportunity to use in-camera exposure compensation. You can always bring the shadows up, but you'll never recover lost pixels to over exposure.