And this is how our example image looks after the Levels adjustments shown in the previous image were made.

One of the beauties of this procedure is in puts you in control.

Nor does one have to shoot in RAW format to do this, but shooting in JPEG will greatly limit you to how you
have the camera set to process the file it gives. I much prefer having the greater flexibility and control
RAW format gives me, even though it requires more effort.