I really like BF2 Jim. Knocks my sox off.
Moose's revise of the original is of course... moostastic.
I sit in wonder of youse guys who can fiddle the pixels.
Old out-of-the-camera Rick
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Nice touch, Moose. I will try to keep that in mind next time.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 8/26/2015 4:16 PM, Moose wrote:
>
>> On 8/26/2015 12:38 PM, ChrisB wrote:
>>
>>> It’s a lovely creature, Jim, but the photo looks strangely
>>> two-dimensional to my eyes. Perhaps it’s the shallow depth of field, but
>>> also the colour of the wings looks a little flat. Have you sharpened it or
>>> something, perhaps going a little far?
>>>
>>
>> I believe what you are seeing is that old bugbear of Moose's, blown red
>> channel. Subtle differences of colour and brightness that form the texture
>> of the surface all become the visually same colour and brightness, with the
>> result of a flat looking, undifferentiated surface. The histogram here
>> shows a huge spike at the top.
>>
>> Fortunately, whatever caused that effect squished the high values
>> together at the top, only truly lopping off a relatively few pixels. Those
>> may well be a result of using the relatively low DR E-510 at slightly too
>> high an exposure.
>>
>> This may be a little overdone for some tastes, or too dark, etc., which
>> could be done differently. But I think it shows how much tonal detail was
>> missing and how it needn't be flat looking. <
>> http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Nichols/Gulf_Fritillary.htm>
>>
>> 3D Moose
>>
>>
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