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Just a suggestion though : in Photoshop, open the pic, duplicate that background and set blending option to "screen" for the new layer. That's all.
This should make the dark parts of the image visible (kind of exposure correction trick, so easy to do that it works even for lazy people , which I suppose you are not).
Very nice , geometry looks great, I am working on a very similar temple, I am in love with Korean roofs , I think your monitor needs calibration, Photoshop comes with a little utility that works pretty good , go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Calibration and dbl. click Adobe Gamma.cpl then just follow the cues. A gamma of arround 2.2 should be good. Then we will see what you see
another way to get more light into those darker regions may be to up the GI send multiplier for the larger elements like the courtyard paving and floor inside...
or experimenting with exponential color mapping could give good results. Set the Bright Multiplier to 1.4 - 1.8 and increase the light sources until the warmth/intensity in the light returns...
A variation on Screening a duplicate layer in Photoshop is to:
1. Make a duplicate layer
2. Change blending modes of duplicate to Screen
3. Select all the contents of the layer and CTRL + C into memory buffer
4. Add layer mask to Screen layer
5. Paste clipboard into layer mask
6. Invert the mask
This procedure does the same trick as lightening the original layer but only lightens the dark areas of the image without blowing out the already bright areas of the original.
Alternatively you can duplicate the layer, invert it, desaturate it (use adjustment layers for best controll) and set the blending mode to soft-light. Adjust the layers opacity and gaussian blurring the inverted layer until noise and mini-detail is gone should give the final image a good look.
This procedure also helps pull down exposure in "near white" areas, as long as there is information in the base pixels, while keeping the pure whiles white.
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