I must be blind as a bat. I don't see any haze anywhere. I don't see
it on the bright trunk nor do I see it in the black area to the right
which is where CH said it was. The hazy look in the black area now
looks like another trunk in the far background after your rework. Would
the real haze please stand up?
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> Ken Norton wrote:
>> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the lesson but all I really wanted to know is exactly where is
>>> the haze. Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong place.
>> Sorry, I pulled a Jimmy Carter on you.
>>
>> The "haze" of which we are referencing is two-fold. First of all, when
>> there is extreme bright and extreme dark in a slide you'll see a haziness
>> over the dark areas not unlike if you shot the picture through a dirty
>> filter. The second form is the halo that surrounds bright objects.
>>
>
> Chuck, once corrected, it should be pretty easy to see on the roll-over
> below. It's a band along the center of the bright trunk, becoming wider
> toward the bottom. It's hard to see against the glaring trunk, so I've
> shown it against the tamed down version.
>
> So, folks, all very interesting about the relatively subtle
> flare/whatever. What about the image as a whole?
>
> First, the primary subject looks wildly overexposed. Actually, the
> highlights aren't clipped, but the tonal distribution is way off.
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/FGonzalezG/Trunks.htm>
>
> Second, the primary subject is soft. Whether from inexact focus,
> vibration, aperture, scan or some combination, once the excessive
> brightness is corrected, it's just not sharp. Looking at my version now
> full size, I see I oversharpened it, although I may still prefer it to
> the original softness.
>
> Moose
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