Effect of Shadows/Highlights Tool

The image at below is tough for a camera to meter -- high contrast. (Pentax Optio shot.) So, I took the shot and adjusted it in Photoshop Elements 6, using the Shadows/Hightlights Tool.

Midtones were not adjusted, only the Shadows and Highlights: Lighten Shadows, 35%; Darken Highlights, 40%.

Still some disparity between top and bottom of the image, inside, but lightening the shadows more is too much of a departure from I saw with my eyes at the top of the image.

Our eyes can easlily handle more contrast than the camera!