Cypress silhouette


Posted by Anders on Sun Sep 14, 2003 1:31 pm

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Taken this morning. The coastal fog was back after a few days of clear mornings. Took this just as the sun was about to break through the fog layer.

What do you think? I appreciate both positive and negative feedback.
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by thapamd on Sun Sep 14, 2003 1:41 pm
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Simple and appealing. Nice!
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by Ken Cravillion on Sun Sep 14, 2003 1:51 pm
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Nice shot. The sun is nice. Like the monochrome effect.
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by E.J. Peiker on Sun Sep 14, 2003 3:44 pm
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I like the monochrome as well as I do the composition. Unfortunately I can see clearly defined gray graduation lines as you move away from the sun. Not sure if this effect was intentional or if you were limited by the B&W 256 shades palette.
 

by Anders on Sun Sep 14, 2003 4:47 pm
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Thanks for the comments this far!

EJ, Thanks for pointing this out. I'd like to understand this further. I can't see this effect myself on the less than stellar monitor I have, and it certainly wasn't intentional. I checked the histogram and it appears smooth so I don't think I screwed up there when processing the image. I know the sun disc itself is blown out, but I assume that is common practise since it is hard to imagine anything whiter than that.

If you have any further advice or theories as to what is wrong, I'm all ears. BTW, the image is actually not B&W, it is in (muted) color just as it appeared when I shot it.


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by Dan Baumbach on Sun Sep 14, 2003 4:48 pm
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This image doesn't grab me. It works compositionally but I feel it's missing something.

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by E.J. Peiker on Sun Sep 14, 2003 4:51 pm
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Since the web only displays 8 bit images, there are only 256 shades of gray available so when you have a smooth gradient as you have here, you can see the distinct colors. In 16 bit mode with 4096 shades of gray you don't see that. Most analog monitors like CRT's probably wouldn't show it either except for the very best ones. Digital monitors like LCD monitors show it pretty clearly. I'm not sure you could have done anything to avoid it here since it wasn't intentional. you just ran out of palette.
 

by Anders on Sun Sep 14, 2003 4:56 pm
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EJ,

Thanks for the clarification. It all makes sense. Thanks!!


Dan,

Thanks for the comment. I really do appreciate this kind of comments as much or maybe even more than I do the purely positive ones. It helps me learn and calibrate my vision. Thanks a lot!


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by Lillian Roberts on Mon Sep 15, 2003 8:56 pm
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Anders, it's a nice concept but I don't think it has quite the impact to put it over the top. IMHO it's the ordinariness of the bush, it's just not that interesting a silhouette. Your composition is nice and the sun works, and leads my eye to the bush, but the bush is a bit of a letdown.

FWIW (probably not much) I have an LCD monitor and I don't see the gray-dations EJ mentions. I hesitate to even say this as I'm pretty inept at all things digital.
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