The Landscape Photography Book

Setting the Exposure Slider

Now that your white and black points are set, evaluate the image. If you think the overall image is a little too bright or a little too dark after setting the white and black points, then you’ll use the Exposure slider to fix that (it’s found in the Basic panel; you drag it to the right to brighten the image, and to the left to darken it). Because you set the white and black points first, you normally won’t have to move the Exposure slider very much, especially since this slider is so powerful—it controls the overall midtones for your image, so dragging it one way or the other has a big effect.