It's a really a matter of taste really, but I refer to my first art
photography course in college. The professor, a proper asshat in most
other ways, said; "There are no true blacks or whites in nature, but
every B&W photograph should have both.": You easily can extend that to
color photography as well.
The sentiment was echoed by the photojournalism professor who said, and
I paraphrase, not to worry about there not being any true black or white
in the photo, they wouldn't show up in print anyway.
On 12/28/2010 10:45 AM, Barry Rice wrote:
Hey Folks,
I use Lightroom to develop my digital images. While white balance, exposure,
recovery, and fill light are relatively straightforward, I've got questions
about the "Blacks" setting and the Tone Curve's
higlights/lights/darks/shadows settings.
I shoot plants. Before I switched to digital, I used Velvia pretty much
exclusively, which means I have a color sense about as extreme as a junior
high school girl applying eye makeup.
Are there any guides as to when the tone correction is too much? Sometimes
I'm applying +-15 to the highlights and darks. Is this too much, or it is
just a matter of taste?
Barry
Barry Rice, Ph.D.
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