CP900 digital camera. 35-mm equivalent settings 38-115 @ 81 mm, macro mode. 1:3.1, 1/51 sec. Handheld.

-- Garry Schaefer (schaefer@pangea.ca), December 05, 1998

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Sorry...

-- Garry Schaefer (schaefer@pangea.ca), December 05, 1998.

Garry,

You have a nice composition and interesting textures, but the very dull lighting and low contrast film make for an overall dull image. It would have been great to have soft side light from the left or upper left to give more shape to the bark and contrast to the image. In such flat light a very contrasty film helps - in these conditions perhaps Velvia would be the right choice or one of the Ektachromes.

Frank

-- Frank Kolwicz (bb389@lafn.org), December 06, 1998.

I don't think you have the liberty of film choice with your digital camera. Pumping up contrast can be a post-processing task. Composition and subject is very interesting. It looks like it was an overcast day when you shot this. Try reshooting this same photo on a sunny day at a time that allows for the lighting that Frank suggests. It would be interesting to compare the two.

-- Anil Mungal (mungal@ca.ibm.com), December 07, 1998.

Image taken down from web site. Thanks again for your comments.

-- Garry Schaefer (schaefer@pangea.ca), March 29, 1999.