Doug: > What does the histogram on that photo look like? Well, peaky--or maybe spiky. Frankly, I don't know what information to look at that would help you. I've got all the peaks and spikes centered. But I like the shadow & compression explanation. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 11:53 AM Subject: Re: PESO Well, they ain't the Canadian Rookies . . . > Christine Aguila wrote: >> Doug: Sometimes when I look at this, I get the strong urge to reach my >> hand >> deep into photo & move those cars around like one might on a child's >> train >> set. I can't really account for the effect. It's not a model. I shot >> this >> from the balcony on the 27th floor of a building across the river. So, I >> was really high up. The sidewalk would be where the darker green water >> is & >> too the right out-of frame. I'm wondering if because I was so high up, >> it >> creates this effect. Maybe someone else can explain. Thanks for >> looking. >> Cheers, Christine > > Yeah, I didn't think it was a photo of a scale model, it just sort of > has that look. And I /do/ like the shot. > > What does the histogram on that photo look like? After I've looked at > it some more, I'm beginning to suspect that the effect comes from some > sort of "compression" in the colors that ended up reducing the micro > textures on the surfaces. Maybe combined with the fact that you were > shooting from almost directly "up sun" so there aren't many shadows > contributing to the textures. > > The effect seems to be strongest on the lighter colors, too. The > strangest thing is that on the tower building on the left, the upper, > darker part looks like a regular photo. The black tower really doesn't > either. But the lower, lighter colored part of the leftmost tower does > look like CGI. It's really strange. > > -- > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
