Stained glass
Uploaded: June 14, 2009
A Cornish church window. 1/100sec; f11; ISO 400; 70mm
Exif: F Number: 11, Exposure Bias Value: -0.33, ExposureTime: 1/100 seconds, Flash: fired, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 400, FocalLength: 70.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 20D
Peter W. Marks June 14, 2009
How would you have shot this differently? Or would you have shot it at all! #1141414Stan Kwasniowski September 06, 2009
Well, first I assume that the sun was shining thru the windows, hence them being slightly washed out. I would have taken the exposure down possiblyPeter W. Marks September 06, 2009
Hi Stan! Thanks so much for visiting, I appreciate it and your comments. On my monitor I am not sure that I am seeing the image as a little washed out. I took a look at the original's histogram and while it shows the black end kind of bunched up, the whites don't appear to be clipped so I don't think I have lost any info there. I think I could have selectively added a bit of saturation but otherwise it looks very much like what I think I was seeing in the church but as it was many months ago that is open to debate. I do remember that the detail in the white of Christ's halo and the head covering of the woman(Mary Magdelan?)was rather faint and my wife who is a professional artist explained at the time that the colors in this window are painted on, not as with some windows individual pieces of brightly colored glass with the colors mixed inside the glass while still in the molton atate. and the glass is a couple of hundred years old!Stan Kwasniowski September 07, 2009
Peter, thanks, to me and my monitor just a shade darker, but then again monitors rule lol/jk. I only use my LCD monitor to have a look to see what the image is like, and as you know sometimes what you see on the LCD and then put on your screen is always different, thanks for your comments #7922988Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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