I usually stick to the idea that blown highlights -- areas of a picture that have become solid white with no detail or texture at all -- are bad. However, in art and in photography, there are always exceptions. I feel this portrait of a model in a 16th century palace in Venice (taken during my photo workshop there) is one of those exceptions. There was nothing of interest outside, so revealing adjacent buildings with a good exposure (such as HDR) would be distracting. The overexposed windows, which I would usually say are at least visually annoying, make the scene more ethereal in my opinion. Perhaps it's the fantasy nature of the costume that makes me see this setting in this kind of light, but in this case I feel the overexposed windows add a lovely quality to the picture.
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