When I want a little bit of shadow leftover, I use the dodge tool at 20% or less. The trick is to use it set on all three settings: highlights, midtones, shadow. The closer I get to the object, the darker the light I will dodge. For example, the furthest edges get the highlights treatment, then as I get up closer to the subject I switch over to midtones, and lastly I use shadow for the areas closest to the subject. What I end up with are nice soft shadows that don't have that ugly yellow cast.
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