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<blockquote data-quote="gohan2091" data-source="post: 95213" data-attributes="member: 11990">Thanks both of you for your replies. @ohkphoto, I just turned on clipping in Lightroom (hotkey J) and there is indeed some slight clipping but only on the whites of the streetlamps. There are no blue pixels in the black at all. For this histogram, I made sure to leave a little gap on the left side to ensure it doesn't touch the histogram wall. For the portrait, unfortunately there is no fill light slider in Lightroom 4.2. If I grab the histogram with my cursor from the centre (exposure) or the right (hightlights or whites) it makes the histogram look less bias on the left side but the face becomes too white. I can brighten up the stairs behind her with the shadow slider but then the blacks become too light. To be honest, i can brighten up this image but I lose the deep blacks I want.From what I already know about histograms and the link that Alan posted, am I right in saying that even if many pixels are bunched up to the left hand side, as long as they aren't touching the left wall and there is a gap, everything will be ok and not underexposed?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gohan2091, post: 95213, member: 11990"] Thanks both of you for your replies. @ohkphoto, I just turned on clipping in Lightroom (hotkey J) and there is indeed some slight clipping but only on the whites of the streetlamps. There are no blue pixels in the black at all. For this histogram, I made sure to leave a little gap on the left side to ensure it doesn't touch the histogram wall. For the portrait, unfortunately there is no fill light slider in Lightroom 4.2. If I grab the histogram with my cursor from the centre (exposure) or the right (hightlights or whites) it makes the histogram look less bias on the left side but the face becomes too white. I can brighten up the stairs behind her with the shadow slider but then the blacks become too light. To be honest, i can brighten up this image but I lose the deep blacks I want. From what I already know about histograms and the link that Alan posted, am I right in saying that even if many pixels are bunched up to the left hand side, as long as they aren't touching the left wall and there is a gap, everything will be ok and not underexposed? [/QUOTE]

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