On Nov 8, 2013, at 8:41 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote:
> Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Be sure to shoot something with specular highlights in frame or backlit >> against a bright sky. That will test for flare. > > You also want to shoot something without specular highlights but with > a strong light source just out of frame to test for veiling flare. > It's less obvious but often more damaging than classic flare. > > http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-03-01-12.shtml > (Another Mike Johnston column from L-L back in the days when it was a > regular "must-read".) Thanks for this reference, Mark. “Specular” was unfamiliar. I checked it out. I understand it in contrast to diffuse. Not sure I could recognize “specular highlights,” though. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." - Amos Oz -- 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.
