A beautiful shot! I belive the original scene is rather low contrast or the
lens is affected by backlit as Contrast +2 and CS4 are very strong settings.
BTW, the sharpening on this image is very nice and fine, I can see the
texture on the sand.
C.H.Ling
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From: "Ken Norton"
> Last weekend I got back to Michigan for my father's wedding. While there I
> did get a chance to get down to the beach. I posted a picture on
> www.zone-10.com that was one of those "worst case" shots that really
> stresses the optics as well as digital's capture ability.
>
> The camera was pointed almost directly into the sun, with the sun just
> outside of the image area. I did crop the bottom of the image off for
> artistic reasons (the square crop accentuated the clouds), but the image
> is
> essentially completely as-is out of the camera. I converted the raw file
> in
> Studio2, but used settings totally available in-camera.
>
> There was no "protective" filter on the lens, it is bare. Oh, and this is
> the lens which has a scratch on the front element.
>
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