{"id":1062,"date":"2011-02-21T12:25:48","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T19:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2011-02-21T12:25:48","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T19:25:48","slug":"more-highlight-experimentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelkoop.com\/updates\/2011\/02\/21\/more-highlight-experimentation\/","title":{"rendered":"More Highlight Experimentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which do YOU like better? I&#8217;ve been going back to some of my older photos and trying this blowing-out-the-highlights thing. It&#8217;s a little different, and I&#8217;m still not completely sure what I think about it. 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