Re: PAW; The First Day of Spring

[Paul Stenquist]

I appreciate the comments by the way, and I don't mean to be 
argumentative. But I should add that what you're seeing as a blown out 
highlight has a lot to do with the direction of the light. The light is 
coming in at about a 30 degree angle from the left of camera. I did 
that intentionally, so the light wouldn't be flat. The one petal that 
is turned more to the light is, of course, more brightly lit than the 
others. To me, that makes it look natural. I could have burned it in so 
it matched the other petals, but that would disrupt the natural 
layering of the light. If you look at the shadow inside the bloom on 
the left, you'll see that it's position supports the highlight. In 
other words, the lighting appears natural because it has direction.
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
> The front petals on both
flowers are blown out on my monitor, and they don't seem to have 
much more detail on the calibrated monitor either.
You're right - it's obvious if you look at the histogram; there's a 
biiig spike at the white end (and a bit of room at the dark end).

S