Here's where I went to finally start understanding them: http://tinyurl.com/8qpd
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Øsleby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 8:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Reading Histograms > > > As you probably have noticed, I'm a newbie in the world of digital photo. > I'm trying to figure out what the histogram tells me. So now I'm going to > ask, what I believe is a very naive question. > > What I know about histograms is that I shall put a little care into not > cutting the low tones and the high tones. I also know how a cut off > histogram looks like. > > But now and then I get a histogram that really puzzles me. It > goes from left > to right, covering most of the area, but it does not go very high. In some > cases I've noticed it barely goes above the threshold of the diagram. It > seems to be connected to low light conditions. The picture usually has > little contrast and details. In some cases that logic, the motive does not > have mush contrast. In other cases I don't really understand why. > > Any wise guys/lasses here that can enlighten me on this? Am I right in my > assumption? And how do I get around this? Or, is this just one of the > limitations in the media, thats impossible to get around? > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian.) > > Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds > (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > > > > >
