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Subject: [OM] Re: OT dynamic range of DSLRs
From: "Donald MacDonald" <d1956m198d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:37:58 +0100
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:49:28 +0200, Dorothée Rapp <om@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Moose :)
>
> Moose schrieb:
>
>> So I don't know what the whole range is in stops, but it's certainly
>> much greater than any slide film I've ever used
>> <http://moosemystic.net/Gallery/CRW_0195x3.jpg>.
>
> Certainly impressive!
> You know, you played a bit with some of my first pics of Hombroich. I
> got inspired :)
> Meanwhile I learned some more (and really not difficult) tricks with PS.
> So the use of lasso and magic wand.
> I tried the magic wand to keep your gladiola from the first (leftish)
> picture untouched and just used Strg-L for the background. Shifted all
> to the left and out came this:
>
> http://www.doro-foto.de/moosedr.jpg
>
> I'll delete it this evening or as soon as you want.
> Also a little bit artificial looking but it was very crude work from my
> part.
> Anyway, this pixel-playing is fun :)
>
> cheers
> :Doro
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Certainly an interesting and revealing experiment. But...

IMHO, as you get closer to the original, i.e. the left-hand of Moose's  
shots, the more pleasing it is. The subject is the flower; the DR,  
allowing the detail in the background, is nice but pretty irrelevant.

Not that this lessens the value of the experiment...

;-)

D.

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