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06/20/2004 09:28:25 AM · #1 |
I'm curious about what you all think. There is naturally occuring glare on the foliage. There was no artificial light used, only a partial sun/shade. I've often seen comments criticising this type of thing. However, when I look through magazines, books, etc, I see many professional images that have some glare. It doesn't bother me one iota, but just am interested to hear your opinions. Although I naturally have an interest in my image, I'm more interested in hearing opinions in general about glare.
I realize many will think there is too much space around the flowers. Actually I have another version which is vertical and doesn't show as much foliage, but I wanted to use the glare as an example.
Sooooooo waddia all think?
This was photographed at a japanese garden, and these are miniature lotuses
 
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06/20/2004 10:22:06 AM · #2 |
The glare doesn't bother me...when I look at the picture, it looks like what my eye would see if I were looking at it in real life. That's what your eye sees, so I don't have a problem with it at all. Your photo is beautiful!
As an aside...thanks for the helpful review a while back on the Kodak...I'm loving it!!! |
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06/20/2004 02:22:37 PM · #3 |
Lauriel, glad to see you're enjoying your DX6490! I am too. :-)
I feel similarly to you concerning the glare. I'd hoped to hear from more folks about it. Not so much to get feedback on my picture only, but a general consesus of what peeps think.
Thanks for your input.
Warm regards,
Grayce
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06/20/2004 03:02:07 PM · #4 |
Darn! I posted a reply and it isn't showing; must hve hit "back" or something. My husband is dragging me out of the door now, but I will repeat it later!
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06/20/2004 03:02:47 PM · #5 |
I would not worry about the glare, I think it add a feeling of texture to the leafs that would otherwise be lacking.
Having said that if you want to play around with reducing glare a polarizing filter can help in some cases. |
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06/20/2004 03:25:57 PM · #6 |
| I think it works reasonably well in this case, because you can still see the texture of the leaf. If it were blown out entirely, it wouldn't be as effective. In this particular picture, I'd be more concerned about the harsh shadow that the left-most lily is casting on the leaves beneath it, but that's unavoidable in bright light. :) |
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06/22/2004 01:53:55 AM · #7 |
The glare doesn't bother me at all, but some folks don't like glare. About the shadow, well, that doesn't bother me either. In fact I like the naturalness of it. But I am happy to hear what others think in general, not just for my pic.
Thanks for your responses.
:-)
Originally posted by waterlilies:
I think it works reasonably well in this case, because you can still see the texture of the leaf. If it were blown out entirely, it wouldn't be as effective. In this particular picture, I'd be more concerned about the harsh shadow that the left-most lily is casting on the leaves beneath it, but that's unavoidable in bright light. :) |
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06/22/2004 02:11:39 AM · #8 |
| Doesn't bother me at all either. It's just what you would see by standing there looking at the water. |
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06/22/2004 02:15:09 AM · #9 |
Would've done pretty good in "3 challenge". The shininess of the leaves gives you a sense of the texture, so I think it's ok.
If you're worried about to much space it would be good to try a closer crop to see what you can come up with.
This composition might make for a good desat experiment also. |
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06/22/2004 02:24:52 AM · #10 |
The glare/reflection of the light is fine.
I do not recall seeing any critism of glare, but I see (and have given) several for blown out highlights. Glare is just a natural lightening of the subject when light is reflected more than the normal absorbtion, but blown out highlights are another matter entirely. The highlights in glare are frequently found in areas of glare, but the glare itself is not the problem -- the loss of detail due to overexposer is.
Blown highlights do not seem to be a problem in this photo. As long as the details of the textures are still there to be seen, I do not mind the glare at all.
David
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