Hi John, > Regarding the contrast, I already noted the > SCENE exceeeded the dynamic range of the camera, > there is nothing that can be done to "fix" that > other than to buy a better DSLR camera, if one even > exists in that regard.
I heard you can shot such scene few times with a different settings and then combine these exposures to get broader dynamic range. > Regarding the sharpness, I am not seeing > any artifacts of oversharpening here, I was > careful not to overdo it. I am sure it would > have looked better if shot RAW like you > suggest, because the camera sucks for its > jpeg conversion.... and I'm not saying you did it. It was the camera which did it on your behalf I'm afraid. I bet if you did shoot it to RAW all those faint light/white lines around contrasty edges wouldn't be there (except of white lines around the number 8, of course ;-)). At least I can see them not just on my notebbok's screen, but also on a 20' iMac screen I've calibrated (using a Gretag-Macbeth Eye One II, target 6500K, Gamma 2.2, brightness 140cd/m2) today just for this occassion. > You always have the option of blurring the > image if if the sharpness is too much for > your tastes I guess... not in this case, unfortunately. At least not with common Gaussian etc. blur filters. Maybe Photoshop CS2 Smart Blur can cope with it, I haven't tried... Don't get me wrong, you certainly did your best with this picture, it was the camera which was not up to the task (using JPEG). And perhaps I am just over sensitive to "processed" look to images after seeing so many of them. Cheers, Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
