Thanks Moose :-)
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Philippe
> Le 31 juil. 2018 à 23:40, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> On 7/28/2018 12:00 AM, Philippe wrote:
>> Love the shot! the waves and dress seem to be waltzing together
>
> Thanks!!
>
>> Now the light: Exif says f7.1 - SP 1/800 - ISO 200 - there must have been a
>> fair amount of light to shoot so.
>> And yet, it doesn’t show in your rendition (which I in any case find
>> excellent). I had a feeling of dusk when the picture opened. Did it really
>> look so or did you cheat a bit to preserve her hat and the froth?
>
> Pretty heavy overcast, very common on this beach in the summer. Just a few
> miles back on the road is a beach on Tomales Bay that was sunny and warm,
> with shallow, warm water and tiny waves.
>
> Anyway, with the overcast, the DR of the shot was limited at both ends. This
> is what I did. <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/tech/Misc/Beach.htm>
>
> 1. Pull top of histogram up to top, middle down a bit and bottom down partway.
> 2. Added a little drama to the woman, including some detail in the shadows.
> 3. Pulled the shadows down, while hoping to hold some subtle detail. How that
> worked may depend on the viewer's screen brightness.
> 4. Still playing with tonality, to retain the detail in the sweater and hold
> shadow detail.
> 5. Only for the downsampled web image, deconvolution on the woman to retain
> detail in sweater and hat.
>
> So no, not an attempt to make it darker than it was. I've made it both darker
> and lighter, at the ends of the DR, but do seem to have lowered the midpoint,
> 'cause it makes for a stronger image, to my taste.
>
> Manipulative Moose
>
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