Why does camera raw do this???
(https://i.postimg.cc/MZhkVh5D/temp-Image-CKu-Kei.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
Kiska,
My question is "What did you do to CameraRaw?"
I used to use CameraRaw more than a decade ago. Since my new camera broke CameraRaw, I changed my workflow to go through Lightroom before PS if necessary.
I have mangled pictures like that myself, usually when the curve was not monotonic.
Shujen