Chuck, I have seen some comment from you about the darkness of images
including the Parade I just posted.
For this photo from Jim, as the flower is being white in color and under
sunlight, it should look a little brighter but I'm ok with it as is if the
purpose it to get more details from the flowers.
I think you may need to check the luminance of your monitor, my monitor has
a luminance value of 137 and I believe 120-150 is a good value. It may also
benifit from a re-calibration.
At the mean time you might have missed a touch up problem of the flower
image, which could be due the monitor too dark.
http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/CH_Ling_flower.jpg
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt"
> No accounting for different tastes I guess. Chris Crawford had a much
> different reaction than I did and likes it just as it is.
> ----------------------
> That's a pretty pic, Jim. I like the lighting, the contrast was manged
> REALLY well. The flowers are beautiful too
> ------------------------
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Very dark and contrasty. It benefits greatly by increasing the
>> mid-range brightness which also reduces the contrast. I note that the
>> upper end of the histogram seems to have a fair amount of holes. Maybe
>> overprocessed as a JPEG? In any case brightening the mid-range is, I
>> think, all that's required.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> Jim Nichols wrote:
>>> With my recent flower photos, I have made an effort to show the
>>> beauty that can be found in common blooms. In looking for an image
>>> for this Friday, I was attracted to the shadows formed by the
>>> side-lighting on this Rhododrendron cluster. I decided to use the
>>> unusual view this Friday, just to illustrate another way of viewing
>>> the flowers.
>>>
>>> In some lens experimentation, I was using the closest example I have
>>> to a "35mm standard" lens to use on the E-510, in this case a Takumar
>>> 1.8/55mm, which becomes the equivalent of a 110mm lens in terms of a
>>> full-frame 35mm system. The longer focal length is much easier to
>>> focus than the Elmarit-R 2.8/28 that I have been using lately, but
>>> the lens is not as sharp as the Leica lens.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Shadows+14.tif.html
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA
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