Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, Ted Thanks for the critique - let me play around a little more keeping in mind what everyone has said. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 5:40 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>wrote: > Jayanand, > The image is excellent. But the problem with the color, as I see it, is the > strong contrast between the color of the temple and the muted color of the > surrounding scene. I have seen the Golden Temple from a viewpoint nearly > identical to the one you used to take the picture. The temple color neither > stands out as brightly as you have shown, nor is the surrounding area as > muted. It might have seemed a good idea to highlight the temple by > decreasing the saturation of the surrounding area. We do the same sort of > thing in our mind with memorable scenes. But it is slightly unsettling to > see it in what purports to be an objective photo. There is a common TV > advertising technique in the US which increases the emphasis on a product > by > desaturating all colors but those of the product itself. I certainly hope > the technique has not penetrated India. But then there are no ads on TV in > that most colorful of countries. Despite my carping, I still like the > picture. > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >