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Re: [OM] IMG: More Experiments with ETTR

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: More Experiments with ETTR
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:13:01 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
>
> That's a great way to lower DR, so the whole tonal range of
> the flowers is easy to capture. And there are many exquisite 
> images made that way. But for many flowers, it seems to me
> to take away the very qualities that make them so attractive 
> to the eye. Daffodils, for example, are made to be seen in
> the sun, not shade.
>
> Take this shot in overcast light, and it's just nothing. 
><http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/Garden_Summer_2011&image=_MG_1851ia80.jpg>
>

     The items in the background are distracting.  A different angle showing 
the face of at least one flower would dramatically change the overall tone.

>
>Would even the bee make this one interesting in the shade? 
><http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/Garden_Summer_2011&image=_MG_1852cria60.jpg>
>

     Even without the bee this would be a somewhat artsy photo, but the 
presence of the bee gives a broader sense of subject, adding more sense of life 
to the scene.

>
>I could go on, but here's just one more example of luscious
> tones, shadows and shades that wouldn't be there without the 
>direct light. 
><http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Home/Garden_Summer_2011&image=_MG_2656cr.jpg>
>

     This photo is intriguing, to the point of being sexy.  Oh...  can we say 
that here?  :{b

Chris
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