For me, the "darkened version" comes closest. I feel this type of image succeeds or fails based on resolution. The slight contrast helps.
Jack --- On Sat, 12/18/10, Kenton Brede <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Kenton Brede <[email protected]> > Subject: Need advice on this picture > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, December 18, 2010, 6:37 AM > I took the following photo in low > light conditions with a macro lens > on f/16, shutter speed of 30 sec. and ISO at 200. I > used a lamp to > create the shadow. Anyway I liked the photo for the > most part. The > histogram shows stacking on the dark side. The part I > don't like is > the shadow. In the original there's some yellow mixed > in, and after > any kind of processing to darken the shadow, I get > pixelation. Is > this a sign of what's called clipping? How can I > avoid this showing > up when taking pictures like this in the future? As > far as post > processing I've tried darkening and noise reduction, and it > has gotten > better but I've not been able to get it to where I > want. On my laptop > monitor this pixelation shows up but not so much on my > desktop > monitor, but if you blow the photos up I think you'll see > what I'm > talking about. Thanks for any advice. > > Here's the original, click for larger size: > http://cid-18627bb63e69dee1.photos.live.com/self.aspx/photos%5E_shared/feather-orig.jpg > > This one has been darkened a bit to show the pixelation > more promenently: > http://cid-18627bb63e69dee1.photos.live.com/self.aspx/photos%5E_shared/feather.jpg > > One more of how it currently is on my website: > http://aphotoaday.sandhillsnaps.org/2010/12/17/day-6-feather-on-paper/ > > -- > Kent Brede > http://aphotoaday.sandhillsnaps.org/ > > -- > 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.
