Thanks, Moose. The result is attractive, and I found it interesting
that you used the -0.3EV version.
The day was crisp only among the trees; in the open it was still
snowing and another shot of my wife coming out of her place of work
resulted in her being out of focus as the system has (cleverly, I
suppose) focused on the snow:
http://gallery.me.com/zuiko/100037
So it wasn't very crisp at all ...
Chris
On 3 Feb 2009, at 05:54, Moose wrote:
>>
>> The image is improved by increasing the mid-tone brightness but
>> that tends to push the highlights toward the end. If starting from
>> the +1/3 it would probably be necessary to back it off a bit to
>> keep the highlights from washing out as the overall brightness is
>> increased.
>>
>> But I think the camera pretty much nailed it.
>
> Well ... Yes and no, from my perspective. this is one of those shots
> where I disagree with the "Get it right in the camera and avoid the
> evil
> of post processing." viewpoint. I suspect there are photographers out
> there who could pick the right film, lens and exposure to give this
> subject some real life in a slide or print. I'm not one of them, nor
> ever likely to be. The thousands of hours of practice and experience
> needed to reach that level don't appeal to me.
>
> I offer the work of far less than an hour as an alternative.
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Barker/WoodlandSnow.htm>
>
> The problem with this shot out of the camera is not brightness, per
> se,
> but tonal locations, local, area and overall contrast and lack of
> sharpening. Sharpening is important for the top part of this kind of
> image as it highlights the contrast between snow and the many branches
> so they don't mush together. Foreground, background and woman each
> treated separately.
>
>> Now it's only up to you as to how you really want it to look.
>>
>
> Indeed, that's why I offered three levels of brightening. Hard to tell
> from here how bright and crisp the day looked to those who were there.
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