Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Duane Birkey OFFERED: Subject: Re: [Leica] Dr Ted's assignment: overexposed whites? On my monitor as well as my Ipad..... I did not think that Sue's or Leo's (or for that matter my image) was blown out... My histogram certainly did not look that way... But... color and exposure is perceptual... and there are a lot of variables.... Anyhow... here are three versions.... One should look better on your monitor than the others... : ) http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dbirkey/DR_Ted/Duane_Birkey_201311559_lg.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dbirkey/DR_Ted/Duane_Birkey_201311559_lg2.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dbirkey/DR_Ted/Duane_Birkey_201311559_lg3.jpg.html Hi Duane, Thanks for the three images with adjustments. On my screen number 2 is close, as there appears areas close to OK! I can now see some slight detail in the white areas. But on the third image I'd say it's perfect. Although some of the darkened back ground is slightly lost it is "acceptable" compared to what looks like the blown out white areas of the wall siding. A lesson for the old' doc ;-) One must be careful when critiquing an "on screen image compared to a print image." And screen calibrations are rarely if ever identical! Thanks again for the extra posting conversation. cheers, ted Either way, it obviously looked overexposed on Ted's display... And since the cardinal sin of photography is overexposed slides and overexposed digital files, underexposed negs... and blown out whites in prints... I can understand his comments.... But those are sins that I never really commit... I always bracket under exposure shots on just about everything where I can... Otherwise I tend to shoot things about ? stop under in raw and fix it later... None of these versions were pushed down to make them darker.... I'm not real fond of gray whites either though... Note: This was shot at sunrise... so the lighting is also a bit different than what you would expect.... Anyhow... here are three versions.... One should look better on your monitor than the others... : ) http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dbirkey/DR_Ted/Duane_Birkey_201311559_lg.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dbirkey/DR_Ted/Duane_Birkey_201311559_lg2.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dbirkey/DR_Ted/Duane_Birkey_201311559_lg3.jpg.html Duane _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information