On 5/10/2016 6:53 PM, DZDub wrote:
On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
When I look at this one I don't see a problem with light... I see a
problem with focus. The leading edge of the closest blossom's petals and
the stamen are not critically sharp. The sharpness is bested by the tips
of the petals in the rear. When I look at it my eyes circulate around what
I think should suddenly pop into focus... but it doesn't. Pretty damned
close but not quite.
On 5/10/2016 12:28 PM, DZDub wrote:
Yellows are very challenging for me, so I may be thinking via some kind of
gag reflex. This one is where I have tried very hard to match the light I
had:
http://jfwilcox.jalbum.net/April%20Flowers/#IMG_0276_editedw.jpg
-- but it still looks a little odd to me. Part of the reason is that the
center of this variety of daffodil is quite solid and non-translucent
Hmmm. I didn't put it there to illustrate critical focus but yellow. But
I don't see the problem with it you point to.
And there we have the reality. Even before taste, everyone's visual system is different. Chuck has always been highly
sensitive to focal plane and OoF foreground objects. You are concerned with yellow. Yet to my eyes, your example is
quite a bit too green for talk about yellow. Never mind if it was so, the many daffys I've known aren't green. AG sees
subtleties of color rendition that I don't. Some folks are very happy with really soft images. Lots of softness in
something that seems like it's supposed to be sharp bother me.I love the rather impressionistic look of reflections and
long shots over hot earth, and Carol says they make her eyes go funny.
And after all that, there's taste.
I've watched many people go through my handful of photo books. Everyone notices different things. although a few images
are universally liked, there's lots of differences about the rest. An image that will stop one person in their tracks
will simply be flipped by by another.
I have more to say about taste, but in a different reply.
I guess I'm a chump.
Hardly. :-)
Googly Eyes Moose
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What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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