I don't normally look at histograms of photos other than my own.
However, this image struck me as looking not quite smooth and I didn't
understand why. That's when I looked at the histogram and saw what I
considered to be lots of 8-bit luminance bending due to the spikes in
the shadows and holes in the bright bits. Maybe just my eyes or just my
monitor or both. I accept that I'm on the outside here as no one
agrees. It probably is past due time for a calibration.
Chuck Norcutt
On 4/29/2011 9:33 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> Well, since no one agrees with me I can only conclude that I'm the one
>> who doesn't know how to interpret the histogram.
>
>
> Why the need to look at histograms of photos? Can't you just enjoy the
> photo like the rest of us? Or was there something specific in the
> image that caught your attention and you used the histogram to debug
> it?
>
> I thought that the picture was actually quite decent. Yes, the
> histogram does show the artifacts of bit-bending as it was done in
> 8-bit mode. The highlights? Even though Moose dragged out more detail
> in the highlights, I think that the image loses it's message when
> doing so. There are times when pushing the outer-limits (yet without
> clipping) of the exposure range is a good thing. When too much
> recovery is done, it takes on the HDR look which isn't how life really
> is. The flower was in sunlight and with white petals. Sometimes we
> have to accept the fact that nature does give us awesome subjects to
> photograph. We don't always have to play God.
>
> AG
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