Harsh light. (Patreon)

I like my pictures to be balanced, possibly with medium level of contrast and legibility in both dark and light areas.
So why an I always getting into troubles when I see a ray of sunlight entering from a window?
The contrast is never going to work in these conditions, because the sensor does not have enough latitude to showcase the entire spectrum.
You either have to choose to optimise the shadow areas, or the light areas, or find a balance that is going to ruin legibility in both of them...
You just can't win in this situation!

And still I constantly fall for this technical trap, because the photos I get are so different and strong, whatever is the compromise you have to accept.
I'm attracted to these pictures whilst I'm shooting, and also once I'm selecting the finished photos from my Archives.
The only moment when I do suffer is when I'm working on the files to try and make sense of this unmanageable contrast.

Do you like this kind of photos?
And do you think this particular example with Corine has been interpreted in a correct way?

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