Open sunlit ground was drawn 1 to 1.4 stops brighter than real photographs of the same kind of place. Midday exposure was matched to them, so oak woodland, sagebrush and granite read with real contrast and color, and the sky was deeper. On November 6 midday was made about a stop brighter again, because the ground had since become darker than this setting assumed.
Forest interiors keep their brightness, mornings ease in, and golden hour and night are unchanged.
