Brian
Thanks for your comments. I must admit that I was thinking of you when I was
wandering the Gardens and I took some of the photos only because I thought that
you might be interested.
I'm happy with the way the pictures look, on my monitor anyway. But your
comments echo some that my father-in-law makes when he looks at my images and I
suspect that there is a big difference in the brightness of our respective
monitors.
For instance, the Packhorse Bridge does have quite a range of brightnesses, but
it's manageable for me (i.e. I like it :-)). If you have time you might wish
to see that image on Picasaweb:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vc-9CklBq2D23_vG8tRDAedxpYFNEeSAmNLIvDuRXhs?feat=directlink
. . . and see if it still shows the problems you hint at. All the latest
images on that blog are on that album.
I should be interested in your thoughts (or anyone else's if they have the
time).
Chris
On 11 Jan 2011, at 12:38, Brian Swale wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>>> I walked in these gardens in Cambridge today; it was a sunny day,
>>> albeit chilly with a low sun and I took my E-3 and G-12. I set my
>>> E-3 to record both RAW and jpg (I normally use RAW only) and was
>>> rather pleased with the results. In Aperture the jpg files need
>>> little or no adjustment, whereas the RAW files look a little flat and
>>> require more adjustment to make them look good on my monitor.
>>>
>>> I did this because I have read that the E-5 does a good job with jpgs
>>> and I wondered what my E-3 would be like in these lighting conditions.
>>> All I did was adjust the Exposure slightly and add Definition (LCE, I
>>> think). I should be interested in anyone's thought on the matter;
>>> there's a selection (5) here:
>>>
>>> http://threeshoes-photo.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>> Chris
>
> The Gardens shots take me back to 1978 when I visited them with my then
> wife to be ...
>
> I guess they remind me how difficult it can be to take photos in low winter
> sunlight with no cloud around to lighten up the shadows. Extreme contrast is
> hard work with digital.
>
> The Grass plant shot is far too dark for my taste, and the "powder Puff
> plant;
> my preference would have been to expose correctly on the flower ( had I
> noticed the problem at the time, which is doubtful), and let the unimportant
> background blow out. The bokeh there isn't much of a problem.
>
> I liked the Grob and the Lumix hood shots the best, followed by Gate and
> Leaf. I don't know what I'd have done with "Ford and Packhorse Bridge in
> Sutton". Come back at another time, I think, when there was more cloud
> around; too much contrast there for my taste.
>
> Hope my candid comments aren't too brutal .. :-)
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