High contrast can wreck an image fast, crushing shadows into black and burning highlights into paper white. The trick is holding onto detail at both ends while still keeping the punch that makes a sunset landscape feel dramatic. Working through a warm sunset scene in Lightroom, Christian Möhrle shows how to raise contrast without introducing any new clipping. He starts by clearing distractions with the Remove tool set to generative AI mode, brushing over unwanted spots and letting Lightroom fill them in. From there, he reads the histogram carefully, noticing that the tonal range already…