On Apr 19, 2011, at 9:00 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > There were a few of these that I quite like. And there were many that almost > made me want to gag. E.g., the 1st, 2nd, 3rd . . . Pretty much any of them > with the sun as an element in the photo. Either with ND filters or with post > processing he was darkening the sun and/or lightening the sunlit foreground > to a point that was way beyond natural.
I disagree. I find the first thee shots superb. The shooter obviously had to at least do some burning and dodging to get this effect and quite possibly employed filters, but the resulting look is much like the human eye and brain might record with normal correction of the scene. And the overall result, to me at least, is very pleasing. Manipulation of values is a valid photographic tool. Take Ansel Adams scenics for example. And the reality of what a camera can capture without manipulation isn't exclusively valid. Paul > It is just not possible to have a reflection that is brighter than the object > being reflected. The shots that didn't involve such gimmickry were quite > nice. It seems that, like with most breakthrough products, there is great > potential for evil as well as good. > > stan > > On Apr 19, 2011, at 8:46 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > >> oh my -- >> quite wonderful >> ann >> >> Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: >> >>> http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-medium-format-645-6x7-645d/139755-my-final-thoughts-645d.html >>> >>> kris >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
