Thanks for taking the time to look. In my laziness I just uploaded the
camera jpegs and I haven't had time to play with the raws yet. To be honest
I was playing with multiple exposures in that session - under-exposing by 3
stops and taking 8 shots of which I intended to blend several together in
post. I wasn't happy with the results because the petal edges are only well
defined when seen against the background and not against each other. So the
blend is just a mass of red. All the same I'm impressed with the flowers
themselves. We only bought the house 11 months ago so everything coming up
in the garden is a surprise!Jez
On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 6:28 AM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jez Cunningham wrote:
> > ...
> > <
> http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/jez.cunningham/20090524Poppies#slideshow/5340468936335281890
> >
> >
>
> Nice flower and composition.
>
> But ... It suffers from serious blocking of highlights in the red
> channel. Notice how the interior petals at teh top can only be
> distinguished by the funny outlines of their edges. Also, the solid
> blocks of red with no texture or detail. Flower petals always have
> subtle detail and texture.
>
> It's an old problem with red, yellow and orange flowers in direct sun,
> but much worse with digital sensor systems. The solution is to set
> negative exposure for such subjects, and check the red histogram, if
> your camera allows.
>
> Moose
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