These are Velvia 50's single scanned with V600 and adjusted in Elements or LR afterwards. The shadows are fine. On some of them I even let them stay darker. I liked the contrast. But, I could have lightened them up even more with the shadow sliders. These were exposed correctly. I don't "save" under or overexposed shots to try to correct afterwards. Regarding scan stops, a single pass picks up the full range usually between 0-200.
The other issue is that shadows usually contain less important info. Your eye goes to the lighter parts of the image and ignores shadow areas. Showing more detail there actually reduces the impact of most shots. Also, reducing contrast takes away the eye "candy".
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