blown highlights rant - DPChallenge Forums

04/06/2011 07:12:51 PM · #1

Originally posted by kgeary:

I never said it was always acceptable. I said it wasn't always unacceptable.

All in the eye of the beholder. For instance, I find the slightly blown sky and loss of shadow detail completely acceptable in this image. That's a pretty wide dynamic range to try to capture with an 8 year old Rebel.

04/06/2011 06:59:37 PM · #2

Originally posted by DCNUTTER:

Kevin, look at your long history of comments made to other photographers saying the EXACT SAME THING that you are now rebelling against. A quick glance through just the first few pages of your comments yields many cases where you told the photographer the blew highlights. Please explain why what's good for the goose is bad for the gander? It is ok for you to rant on about it, but others need to accept YOUR critique as being valid? Seems pretty hypocritical to me I have to say.

Here are your comments:

//www.dpchallenge.com/comment_browse.php?USER_ID=118503&HELPFUL=&page=1

I think as Bear said...some people find blown highlights acceptable, and others don't. It largely depends on the photo and subject itself.

Not trying to ruffle any feathers here, in fact just the opposite. Just a reminder to everyone to look before you cross...so to speak. :)

Dave

I never said it was always acceptable. I said it wasn't always unacceptable.

Canon EF-S 15-85mm IS USM

04/06/2011 06:53:11 PM · #3

Originally posted by DCNUTTER:

I never said it was always acceptable. I said it wasn't always unacceptable.

DCNUTTER

Canon EOS-7D

04/06/2011 06:21:59 PM · #4

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

04/04/2011 11:54:21 AM · #5

Originally posted by BrennanOB:

What you see depends on your monitor. If you are seeing something different than most folks, you can argue, but you can't expect them to see your vision.

Truth.

Citadel

Nikon D7500

04/03/2011 11:49:47 PM · #6

All my images lately are full of snow. That's not high key imagery. That's pristine white snow that will blind you and make your eyes bleed. :)

BrennanOB

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

04/03/2011 11:33:38 PM · #7

What you see depends on your monitor. If you are seeing something different than most folks, you can argue, but you can't expect them to see your vision.

04/03/2011 11:28:23 PM · #8

Originally posted by MattO:

I wonder if the OP has a good monitor with good calibration.

Don't need a calibrated monitor to see that her models face is the same exposure as my models face, to which people said I blew the highlights.

RayEthier

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

04/03/2011 11:12:37 PM · #9

Originally posted by MattO:

I wonder if the OP has a good monitor with good calibration.

... if I were a betting man, I would say ???

Ray

MattO

Nikon D4

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

04/03/2011 11:08:09 PM · #10

I wonder if the OP has a good monitor with good calibration.

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

04/03/2011 10:12:22 PM · #11

Originally posted by kgeary:

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by kgeary:
//flic.kr/p/9vCttX

Rosie Hardie should stop blowing her highlights.

Don't appear to be anything blown there...
Maybe a spot or two on the gulls.

The left side of the models face????

Nope, appears to be detail there to me...

chromeydome

Nikon D7000

04/03/2011 09:54:14 PM · #12

Originally posted by kgeary:

//flic.kr/p/9vCttX

Rosie Hardie should stop blowing her highlights.

kgeary should stop blowing his top

Marjo

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

04/03/2011 09:36:57 PM · #13

I'm seeing detail and don't see any blown highlights on her face. Must be my monitor.?

David Ey

Nikon D80

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D

04/03/2011 09:31:48 PM · #14

I agree.

04/03/2011 09:19:44 PM · #15

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Originally posted by kgeary:
//flic.kr/p/9vCttX

Rosie Hardie should stop blowing her highlights.

Don't appear to be anything blown there...
Maybe a spot or two on the gulls.

The left side of the models face????

04/03/2011 07:56:24 PM · #16

Originally posted by kgeary:

//flic.kr/p/9vCttX

Rosie Hardie should stop blowing her highlights.

Don't appear to be anything blown there...
Maybe a spot or two on the gulls.

smardaz

04/03/2011 07:16:57 PM · #17

Originally posted by kgeary:

//flic.kr/p/9vCttX

Rosie Hardie should stop blowing her highlights.

i dont understand what you hope to accomplish when you keep listing photographers you think are talented. it is a look that some people like and some people don't. call it blown call it high key. but it's a taste issue and you're not going to convert the masses with this tactic, or any tactic for that matter.

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

04/03/2011 06:07:22 PM · #18

//flic.kr/p/9vCttX

Rosie Hardie should stop blowing her highlights.

chromeydome

Nikon D7000

04/01/2011 12:34:46 AM · #19

this thread really should get moved to Rant, I think

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

04/01/2011 12:27:12 AM · #20

Kevin, you're taking this way too personal. Everyone's entitled to an opinion, and what you're fighting so hard to defend is just a technique, not a way of life...

R.

03/31/2011 10:34:51 PM · #21

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Just had time to look at the UFC site...

There are no blown highlights there... there is some fairly extreme ratio lighting, especially on the darker skin fighters, but still nothing is blown.

Now on some of the wedding shots I saw earlier in this thread, there are some grossly and unnecessarily blown out highlights that would be sending me and the photographer to court had I been the groom.

Why don't you choose a white fighter.

None of my pictures of black students are blown out either...

The picture of GSP on the main page of ufc.com has blown highlights that you conveniently skipped. And jake sheilds across from him has higlights close to as blown as mine.

03/31/2011 09:58:03 PM · #22

Just had time to look at the UFC site...

There are no blown highlights there... there is some fairly extreme ratio lighting, especially on the darker skin fighters, but still nothing is blown.

Now on some of the wedding shots I saw earlier in this thread, there are some grossly and unnecessarily blown out highlights that would be sending me and the photographer to court had I been the groom.