> > Over saturated colors, smoothed out detail, typical digital > > image taken to the extreme. Someone on the list a long while > > ago called it "the cartoon effect", and that describes it > > perfectly. All digital images have it to some extent or > > another, but folks have gotten used to it and no longer > > notice if it is not as extreme as in your photo. Some > > actually think it looks better than a photographic image. > > Guilty and I agree. Not that this is to be construed as an > attack on you, Christine, just that I dislike this kind of > _appearance_ in most images. > > > > >>> small > > >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6826229 > > >>> > > >>> large > > >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6827702
I don't think it's entirely attributable to digital - I think there are several factors working together, including the flat light, the colours, and the geometry of the scene. I work in an office which looks out on a neo-brutalist architecture-scape, and I often feel as though I'm looking at an artist's impression, rather than a real life scene. Because the buildings themselves are all straight lines on a grid pattern the perspective adds to the sense of unreality. I also think our preconceptions are having a field day with this picture (which is an interesting one). -- Bob -- 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.
