Olympus-OM
[Top] [All Lists]

Fw: [OM] Sunglasses, Polarizers and Photography

Subject: Fw: [OM] Sunglasses, Polarizers and Photography
From: "John Petrush" <jpetrush@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 22:10:01 -0400
>I've been away on travel and am a tad behind on email, so my apologies if
>this topic has been flogged already.  However, I can't help but recall the
>words of the songmaster talking about the moonlit sky when I read Lars'
keen
>insight -
>
>Cold hearted orb that rules the night
>Removes the color from our sight
>Red is grey and yellow white
>And we decide which is right
>And which is an illusion..........
>
>
>John P
>
>>>Lars Bergquist wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Many of us have the problem that we do not see things -- we see what
>>ought
>>>> to be there. In other words, we see not the outside worlds but our own
>>>> preconceived visual notions. And that is not an exclusively
photographic
>>>> problem. When the impressionist painters began to paint shadows blue,
>>there
>>>> was a general outcry. It was 'unnatural'! Didn't everybody know that
>>shadows
>>>> are grey?
>>>>
>>>Apparently not ;-) I have noticed another phenomenon in colour
perception,
>>which
>>>I have never seen mentioned in the photo litterature: Different colour
>>balance
>>>in left and right eye. My left eye gives me a slightly warmer colour tone
>>>than my right. Several other people in my area have mentioned similar
>>>observations
>>>to me. This rises the obvious question: Which is "right"? Left, right or
>an
>>>average?
>>>Comments anyone?
>>>BTW, it is best observed in bright conditions, e.g. on a white wall in
>>sunshine.
>>>
>>>[good stuff cut]
>>>>
>>>> It all boils down to this: We see with our brains. So it is quite
simply
>>a
>>>> matter of taste. If you do not like the images you get with polarizers,
>>that
>>>> is, if you feel that they decrease your chances of survival and your
>>Darwinian
>>>> fitness, don't use them. But do not bandy about the word 'natural',
>>please.
>>>> Polarization is after all a natural phenomenon ...
>>>>
>>>True, but we do not have built in polarizers, so it can look a bit odd at
>>times
>>>when the polarized light has been removed. I like the dramatic effect a
>>>polarizer
>>>can give, but I will not claim that the result is "realistic", as it
>>differs
>>>from
>>>what the naked eye will see.
>>
>>
>>
>
>



< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Sponsored by Tako
Impressum | Datenschutz