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Honestly I don't see bad stuff in the gallery.

The light contrasts were basically always extreme - I mostly took photos just for the sake of it. And during post-processing, I had to apply a substantial amount of highlight/shadow correction.

Curiously this happened to me too, for a week: just after the half of August temperatures in Italy touched 39/40°C and, while being near to Val d'Orcia and other wonderful landscapes, I preferred to move to the only tall mountain in the area to enjoy fresh air and walks under the woods. But of course a sunny day under the wood means extreme contrast. In this season no interesting macro subjects in the wood. I took the opportunity to exercise with HDR, but I still need some hints for post-processing better.