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Blocked up shadows are a common problem in photography since the subject brightness range capable of being captured on digital or film is so much less than what our eyes can see. Luminosity masking and Contrast masking can each be used to improve this problem considerably in the digital darkroom. But because Luminosity masking creates an actual layer mask you can use it for so much more. Here's but one example to get you thinking....

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