I like Jeff's fix better (except for a bit of pink which has appeared in
the clouds)
Chuck Norcutt
Jeff Keller wrote:
> 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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