Hi All,

I'm somewhat of a newbie at photography, but the instant
feedback of my digital camera is really allowing me to learn
by experience much faster than film cameras ever did. I
recently took this shot of an old microphone, and I really
like the lighting (I had just seen the Dick Tracy movie,
with Warren Beaty, on TV, and wanted to mimic that kind of
lighting). However, you can see that it is blown out at the
bottom where the light is most intense.

I'm stumped. How can I avoid those over-exposed highlights
while maintaining the overall exposure level in an image
such as this?

TIA