Godders, that is great! I played with it similarly before posting it, but could not get the excellent results that you did.
I'll have another go at some point... Thanks! Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 2, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > Another from our recent trip to New York City. > This > > is a nocturnal shot through the window of a > > vitamin-supplement shop in the Upper West Side. > It > > amazes me how much merchandise they cram into a > small > > space in that neighborhood. > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5801682 > > > ist D, DA 16-45, ISO 400, RAW, 1/60 @ f/4.5, > cropping > > and minor adjustments in ACR and PE4. > > > > If there are no comments I'll start sulking > again... > > Rick, > > Can't have a man sulk... > > The issue with this photo, to me, is that you > describe the store as a > jumble and present a photo that is also pretty much > a jumble. > Unfortunately, that doesn't do justice to the > portrayal of the > store's crowded spaces as too much of my attention > is drawn upwards > to the large open space of the ceiling and lights, > which *isn't* a > jumble, while the rest tends to fall down into murky > and poorly > separated shadows below, which I can't really see > well enough to call > one thing or another other than a mess... > > The balance of light and shadow here is 'as caught' > which isn't the > best way to render the scene. Simply toning down the > lights and > bringing up the values in the lower foreground > enhances the sense of > space, the sense of a 'store crammed full of stuff', > rather than just > presenting a jumble under a brightly lit ceiling. > Contrast this edit > with your original: > > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/5801682-lg-g.jpg > > By rebalancing the relationship of light from top to > bottom, it > refocuses our eyes to notice the important things > ... all the > merchandise and the area of 'business' in the store, > and not give up > looking at the ceiling and the dark jumble of bits > below it. > > G > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
