Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am a great admirer of Tina's photography, Richard, but she asked for comments - wasn't I supposed to comment? I think that combining the layers is, in this case, a mistake because the final image is, in my opinion, inferior to the original jpg, or what it could have easily been. B. D. On 5/23/05 8:22 PM, "Richard" <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote: > Combining huge dynamic range to a "pleasant" picture can be tricky. If you > make everything similar in light value, then you lose the contrast between > highlight and shadow, e.g. flat. > > But! I think Tina is just making a point. If she were to really make a > combined picture, chances are she knows how to do that in Photoshop better > than most of us... > > At 05:08 PM 5/23/2005, Adam Bridge wrote: > >> I'm agreeing with B. D. on the combined image, it does feel washed out and >> flat. >> >> Maybe it's the blending modes used to combine the highighted image and >> shadow image? >> >> Adam > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > use richard at imagecraft.com) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information