On 3 Aug 2004 at 14:37, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > I like where you have placed the objects. But I don't like what I see; > possibly it's my monitor. Brightness is usually at 14% so I pumped it > up and finally saw the water ripples and the reflected clouds. But > then I saw some artifacts around the petals too.
If your monitor is set correctly the majority of the water will look quite dark, around 80% black I guess. > I think this is a Photoshop jobbie. If I am right, would you share the > original Jostein? It looks to me like it's simply an exposure biassed towards preserving some colour and detail in the specular reflections of the sun which would push the surrounding areas into severe underexposure. It's a similar effect to that used by Bob Talbot in his famous Dolphins shot: http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=833594&item=272046 Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
