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John Charlton
{K:5595} 1/4/2004
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Contrast looks fine to me and this is a great photo.
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Christian Barrette
{K:21125} 1/3/2004
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There is a small amount of black pixels in the lowest part of the histogram, as well as there are white ones in the highest. Not many, but this is what I am working on : so close to the extremes as to touch them, yet not more than mereley touching them.
The enclosed jpg shows the black pixels associated with the darkest values.
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Matej Maceas
{K:24381} 1/3/2004
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I didn't know about the Alt feature, it looks quite interesting, thanks for mentioning it! Now back to the image. Maybe I'm missing something, but here is the histogram I got from your picture, and it's not like the ones recommended in the article you refer to.
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 1/2/2004
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tres belle image.
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Christian Barrette
{K:21125} 1/2/2004
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I have recently read this article which I found truly interesting :
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/expose-right.shtml
The main idea is that a digital sensor catches the widest array of data close to the highlights, thus, the suggestion to "shoot right" of the histogram, in the white area. The risk is that the sensor has no tolerance to overexposure and the highlights will blow out the moment they saturate. With a digital camera, one will shoot two, three or even four times, checking the histogram after each try, to get that image that has the "right" exposure. This is what I have been trying to do lately.
During the post-treatment, I also work with the levels tool in a new way I was thaught recently in a seminar. If you slide the extreme triangles (black and white) while keeping the Alt key down (or is it Ctrl on a Win machine ? I'm on Mac), you should see the darkest or whitest area of your image compose themselves dynamically on your screen.
If you slide the black triangle until some dots or small areas show up in black, this will bring in your absolute black. Equally, if you do the same with the white triangle, you should see at some point some tiny dots appear that will be your absolute white. Of course, all between will be grey.
The image above was treated this way from the time of the shooting to the post-process. The black areas emerged in the darkest tree in the LR, while some tiny specks of total white appeared in the snow, in the lower part. Now playing with the center triangle of the Levels Tool should do the trick in casting the greys toward the whites or the blacks. I'll be looking foward to further control that part.
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Sudhir K. Reddy
{K:7583} 1/2/2004
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Absolument incroyable la paysage hivernal! Je te felicites!! Pris ou stp? Un grand b'jour Quebecois!
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Matej Maceas
{K:24381} 1/2/2004
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I cropped away the frame (it distorts the histogram, and I think it hurts the presentation rather than helps it - too much greyness) and checked the histogram and it showed that there isn't quite a full range of tones (the range was approximately 26 to 250), and also that there is a very sharp peak in what I would estimate to be 30%-40% grey. These tones just overwhelm all the other tones and make the photo look lacking in contrast. I set the Levels input values to 29/1,10/248 and this seems to have removed some of the grey cast, IMO to the photo's benefit. I then tried increasing the contrast even more, and I think it wasn't bad either.
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Christian Barrette
{K:21125} 1/1/2004
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Thanks for commenting. I agree it lacks a little contrast, although a histogram will show that it has a complete tonal range from white to black.
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Teunis Haveman
{K:53426} 1/1/2004
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Christian
Great work
Teunis
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NN
{K:26787} 1/1/2004
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Well seen and captured Christian! The composition is beautiful. Many thanks for your comment(s)! I wish you and your family a Happy New Year ...
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Randy Lorance
{K:24769} 12/31/2003
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This has nice detail and look about it, good depth.
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Beatriz Padín
{K:682} 12/31/2003
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Nice composition in B&W. Beautiful landscape. Well done. I think it needs a little contrast. Anyway, nice job.
Happy 2004!
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Mike Marcotte
{K:3948} 12/31/2003
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One of your best mon ami. A real beauty. Happy New Year.
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Hugo Pierre
{K:15692} 12/31/2003
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Excellent choice of B&W for this image. Very well composed and done.
My best wishes!
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Monis Bangi
{K:166} 12/31/2003
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This photo lack the tonal range. playing with the curves in p.s might help. the photo looks flat. hope you take it in a positive way.
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Tim Long
{K:9228} 12/31/2003
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Beautiful image Christian. You've captured the lonely beauty of winter.
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Caprice Duvent
{K:3998} 12/31/2003
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Beautiful winter scene ! I put this one in my favorites list !
Happy New Year !
Regards
Caprice
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