Moose, I should have acknowledged that you could/would do more to make it a
better picture. I was referring to the expected affects of using a simple
gradient filter (top to bottom) to accomplish what your "simple" correction
gave.
If there were a radial component to the darkening the top center would be
lighter than either top corner. This is what the Photoshop indicated when I
used the eyedropper to sample the image.
Either a center filter or no filter would probably give the best result,
IMO.
If I apply a simple radial gradient as a correction to the image, the sky
seems to monotonically darken slightly from left to right (no bright spot in
the center).The sun is to the left so this seems appropriate.
http://www.reflective-moment.com/XL72F56_065-v.jpg
To me this looks pretty realistic other than an overly saturated sky. So we
used different radial corrections and/or have different preferences ?
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: Moose [mailto:olymoose@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 3:19 PM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Visited Macau
Wait a minute! You cut off the next sentence in my post: 'I'm not trying to
make a "better" image, only to show how even
the effect is from side to side and how linear from top to bottom.'
If I were trying to 'Moosterize' the image, it would be quite different from
what I posted. But that would defeat the
point I was trying to make, that the darkening occurs across the whole
height of the image in a steady graduation, not
just near the top, where it is so dramatically obvious, and with
considerably less radial component than vertical. I
tried a radial gradient, and it was FAR less effective.
My point about the building is not what it 'should' look like or how I think
it would look best. The point is that both
lower and upper portions are in the exact same light, so a 'perfect'
photographic exposure would render them with the
same brightness, which is not the case.
It's an attractive building, worthy of a dramatic image. That's just not
what my example was about. I've added a
'click-over' version that I like.
Moose
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