I took the following photo in low light conditions with a macro lens on f/16, shutter speed of 30 sec. and ISO at 200. I used a lamp to create the shadow. Anyway I liked the photo for the most part. The histogram shows stacking on the dark side. The part I don't like is the shadow. In the original there's some yellow mixed in, and after any kind of processing to darken the shadow, I get pixelation. Is this a sign of what's called clipping? How can I avoid this showing up when taking pictures like this in the future? As far as post processing I've tried darkening and noise reduction, and it has gotten better but I've not been able to get it to where I want. On my laptop monitor this pixelation shows up but not so much on my desktop monitor, but if you blow the photos up I think you'll see what I'm talking about. Thanks for any advice.
Here's the original, click for larger size: http://cid-18627bb63e69dee1.photos.live.com/self.aspx/photos%5E_shared/feather-orig.jpg This one has been darkened a bit to show the pixelation more promenently: http://cid-18627bb63e69dee1.photos.live.com/self.aspx/photos%5E_shared/feather.jpg One more of how it currently is on my website: http://aphotoaday.sandhillsnaps.org/2010/12/17/day-6-feather-on-paper/ -- Kent Brede http://aphotoaday.sandhillsnaps.org/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
