Autumn Evening

banehawi (Critique Team)

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5 Jan 2013 - 11:23 PM

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So just to add to the topic, Ive uploaded a mod also.

The histogram of the original does not show any lost data in either highlights or shadows. It does however show that around the mid tone area, there a LOT of data that going off the graph vertically. Horizontally, on the X axis, the measurement represent to tonal range from black to white; vertically, the Y axis represents the AMOUNT of light captured at that particular tone. This is not often an issue.

In this shot though, its causing a very high mid-tone contrast, making the brighter area appear very bright relative to darks. When mid-tones contrast is reduced, (Yes, reduced!) it provides a more even tone across the image.

And, Mrs Cliff is the boss.


So there it is. And to close on a note that might be controversial, you CANT remember what the light in a scene looked like. Its physically impossible. The eyes arent whats "seeing" the scene, its the visual cortex of the brain, and it processes the image, and presents an imge of what the scene "should" look like. Its has a vastly wider dynamic range that a camera sensor, so what you see at the exact time you click that shutter IS NO wgat the camera, wit its limited 5 stop range, recorded. This is exactly why "eye witness evidence" is rapidly becoming the LEAST reliable form of evidence in court rooms. We see what the visual cortex tells us, and it often fills in blanks.


Ask Mrs Cliff, - she will back me up!


Hope this is helpful,


Regards


Willie

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