After Andy got back to his computer he sent me the raw file. Here it is for anyone who would like to take a crack at it:


IMG_0019.CR2


I took a quick glance and it is just as I expected: the raw file itself has absolutely *no* clipping in it anywhere. (I checked with Rawnalyze.)


In fact, it is *underexposed* by 2 and 1/3 stop! Yet when I open the file in DPP, the reds are immediately clipped. This is a very clear case of a raw conversion gone horribly wrong. The good news is that it can be fixed.


The white balance settings include "push RED channel by 2.29 stops", so most of the clipping is probably happening during the application of white balance. I will see if I can get DPP to do a more sane conversion. If not, I'll show what it looks like in a different (better) converter.