Hiding in the shadows

Sometimes when making adjustments in Lightroom or photoshop, I see something that reminds me how amazing digital imaging technology is.

Such was the case when I bumped up the exposure on the image from the previous post, Olympic hopeful Spencer Nix.

Take a look at a tighter crop of the original file, then the amount of detail that was behind those dark shades.  A combination of exposure adjustment and fill light, along with noise reduction in Lightroom brought out the eyes behind the sunglasses.