Re: OT Pushing into darkness

2013-06-04 Thread Stan Halpin
Thanks for the link Bruce. He says: Just because you can show detail in the darkest parts of the scene, doesn’t mean that it adds anything worthwhile to the image. IMHO, the above should be a required pop-up warning within every HDR program or app. stan On Jun 2, 2013, at 10:06 AM, Bruce

Re: OT Pushing into darkness

2013-06-04 Thread John Sessoms
From: Stan Halpin Thanks for the link Bruce. He says: Just because you can show detail in the darkest parts of the scene, doesn?t mean that it adds anything worthwhile to the image. IMHO, the above should be a required pop-up warning within every HDR program or app. stan There should be

Re: OT Pushing into darkness

2013-06-03 Thread Walt
On 6/2/2013 6:46 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 7:11 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I hate to put it this way, but this is news? I'm always surprised when people discover an old principal

OT Pushing into darkness

2013-06-02 Thread Bruce Walker
Sean Duggan shows how emphasizing an image's darker tones or even pushing them into darkness can make for a more compelling composition. With before and after examples. http://blog.datacolor.com/sean-duggan-image-interpretation-into-darkness/ [Pre-scanned with an anti-wanker filter for your

Re: OT Pushing into darkness

2013-06-02 Thread P.J. Alling
I hate to put it this way, but this is news? I'm always surprised when people discover an old principal and think they've discovered something new. On 6/2/2013 10:06 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Sean Duggan shows how emphasizing an image's darker tones or even pushing them into darkness can make

Re: OT Pushing into darkness

2013-06-02 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 7:11 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I hate to put it this way, but this is news? I'm always surprised when people discover an old principal and think they've discovered something new. I didn't see any claim of novelty. It seemed to me to be

Re: OT Pushing into darkness

2013-06-02 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 7:11 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I hate to put it this way, but this is news? I'm always surprised when people discover an old principal and think they've discovered something