Mike, Yes, the decrease in contrast was indeed visible. The effect is somewhat reduced in the raw conversion by using curves (and working on the histogram, of course...:-)).
WRT puzzlement, I guess it demonstrates what a spoiled prat I am...:-) Still, it kinda impress me that my forebearers were so much hardier than myself. Today, I looked at some documents describing historical records of unusual weather and failing harvests in Southern Norway, and it read there that the area where this house stands contracted extreme conditions (either serious floods or avalanches) more than 30 times in the period from ca. 1800-1850. The conditions for farming were so poor that the government changed the taxation system from being based on crops to skins, fish and meat. Jostein ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 6:37 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Mountain farm > Hi, > > Jostein wrote: > > > All criticisms and comments welcome. > > > > http://www.oksne.net/paw/fjellgard.html > > The staged decrease in contrast with each further bluff/point is an > interesting effect. It's a known effect for this type of shot but not > one I've seen so clearly delineated before. Was it visible before you > exposed? > > WRT to your puzzlement, I would assume that they were making an > existence there, with whatever small surpluses that were available being > traded for unfamable necessities. Most of the world lived like that > until about 300 years ago and much of the world still does. > > m > > > >
