Here's a situation. You want to take a photograph of a well-known house at about 3pm in the afternoon during summer. The sun is coming in over your left shoulder. The house is a light peach color that goes very hot in the bright sunlight. You can't wait until later, because the sun disappears behind trees on the next property, and the photograph is gone.
You get terrific sky, trees behind the house, good lighting on the grass, but because of the light shade of peach on the house, the photo appears way too contrasty. Texture on darker areas on the house disappears into a near black oblivion.
How can one handle this situation? I used NPS, because I find it to be low contrast. Does one need a mask to tone down the contrast, or is there another way?
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