misexposure
(underexposure or overexposure)

In a TTG-labeled photograph, all “light”-related aspects (brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation) must meet rinairs for non-misrepresentation of the scene that was photographed...

—regardless of how those aspects were originally recorded.

Usually the “light”-related aspects of a photograph can be corrected enough to meet P7.

• It is usually a simple matter to correct underexposure or overexposure enough to meet P7 (see “gross” below for exceptions).

• If the color balance is so far off that it cannot be corrected to meet P7, the photographer often can convert the photograph to monochrome so that it can meet remain eligible for TTG. (See #904)

What about gross misexposure?

If a photograph is so extremely overexposed or underexposed...

. . . that no matter how many of TTG’s Allowable Changes are applied, the brightness, contrast, hue, or saturation cannot be sufficiently corrected to meet rinairs...

. . . then the photograph is considered TTG-ineligible (because it cannot meet P7). It then cannot qualify for the TTG label.