Indeed - and I do like the pick-up of detail on the trunk that you
achieved.
One of the reasons for the bushfires is the relentless annual
shedding of bark debris by these 'gums' and 'stringybarks' along with
leaves and branches. It creates a layer that restrains grass growth
as well. The trees survive and the regrowth is swift - I must get
some images of that over the next few weeks and months. It is
remarkable to see.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 18/02/2009, at 4:04 PM, Moose wrote:
> We have lots of eucalypts here that do that; not the same species, I
> guess, but a very similar effect. Nonetheless, I think the human eye
> picks up more detail in the bright portion than did the camera, at
> least
> as interpreted by the JPEG processor. Because only the center
> portion of
> our visual field is sharp, we view detail in an entire scene as a
> series
> of small areas. In the process, we also can adjust "brightness", by
> adjusting the aperture and the chemistry of the sensor, to see the
> detail in each area more clearly. That's one reason I don't feel I'm
> necessarily being "unreal" when I treat a bright area, as the trunk
> here, differently from the rest of a scene. The camera 'sees'
> everything
> at once, at one level of detail and one exposure, and is in that way,
> different from our eyes.
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