Hi, Pal, You're, of course, right in your statement that no image capture will "exactly" replicate nature as presented to one's eye. All is relative. 'Close to honest' is my standard in this medium. I, also, agree that Velvia's greens and yellows are less offensive than others in this film's unique spectrum. I'm re-posting the original image requested by Kostas. This gives you the chance to review the offending hues mentioned. Saturation, in it's self, shouldn't be condemned, but the eye can not be tricked beyond a point frequently ignored by many shooters unable to resist the 'power' offered through PS.
http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=96 Jack --- Pål Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom wrote: > > OK... Jack... now show us a shot that's in focus or where there's not > a > breeze... I think the colors of the leaves and such are just fine... > obviously shot in low light with a lot of contrast, hence the very > dark > almost silhouette... but I don't find the colors, which are supposed > to be > bright and vibrant based on the subject, unnatural or unappealing. > The fact that Velvia has been by far and away the leading landscape > nature > film for just about the last 15 years says that many people, > including those > making a living, and 'pros' don't agree. > I was expecting you'd show us a picture where the colors are grossly > distorted. This doesn't look that way to me. > I've been using Velvia since it came out and can display quite a > number of > shots that have had widespead appeal (from those who have viewed > them). > > > > REPLY: > > > Right. One of the reason Velvia became the benchmark for outdoor use > is that > it actually convey the concept or green or yellow for that matter, > something > that is not always true for other films. There are no film known to > man that > copy the world as it "is". Our brain doesn't see the world as it is > either. > We do heavy processing of the image in the brain. > Velvia is saturated, true, but it isn't off (like many other > "realistic" > films - eg Provia whose skies can be found nowhere on Earth!). And if > > saturated colors are so bad, what do we make out of black and white? > It is > certanly not real! > Photography is such an artifical input that you cannot make an > sucessful > image by just "copying" reality... > > > Pål > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
