Understanding-Final

[StillMrFitz]

Attached is the photo which has been under discussion in this Understanding Series and it's histogram, in colour.
There has already been several versions of this photograph produced, using different methods of arriving at a reasonable result.
What is off interest here is the lead-in and trailing edges of the pixel graphs.
We know that in the levels dialogue window there are 3 little movable triangles under each graph.
We furthur know that colour and contrast can be adjusted by moving those trianglestoward the center of the graph, using either numbers or our eye as a guide.
It is possible to learn to correct by the numbers - or so some folks say.
The interesting question with this photograph and this histogram is - just where do we place the highlight, shadow and midtone triangles to obtain the best results.
The question was asked "What is there to understand here" - Not a direct quote!!!
I think that we can conclude that histograms are not necessary for correction.
Histograms, in and off themselves can cause confusion.
(Where do we place the shadow, midtone and highlight triangles for best results?)
Histograms are more useful as scanning and lightmeter aids then as correction aids.
Histograms do not always make the solution obvious!
The eye and artistic interpetation are more important then histograms.
Blanket statements rarely cover the problem or the solution. (Pun Intended)
I hope that this has been helpful to somebody!!!
PFitz

[StillMrFitz]

THIS IS THE MISSING PHOTO FROM THE ABOVE POST.
SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION

Attached is the photo which has been under discussion in this Understanding Series and it's histogram, in colour.
There has already been several versions of this photograph produced, using different methods of arriving at a reasonable result.
What is off interest here is the lead-in and trailing edges of the pixel graphs.
We know that in the levels dialogue window there are 3 little movable triangles under each graph.
We furthur know that colour and contrast can be adjusted by moving those trianglestoward the center of the graph, using either numbers or our eye as a guide.
It is possible to learn to correct by the numbers - or so some folks say.
The interesting question with this photograph and this histogram is - just where do we place the highlight, shadow and midtone triangles to obtain the best results.
The question was asked "What is there to understand here" - Not a direct quote!!!
I think that we can conclude that histograms are not necessary for correction.
Histograms, in and off themselves can cause confusion.
(Where do we place the shadow, midtone and highlight triangles for best results?)
Histograms are more useful as scanning and lightmeter aids then as correction aids.
Histograms do not always make the solution obvious!
The eye and artistic interpetation are more important then histograms.
Blanket statements rarely cover the problem or the solution. (Pun Intended)
I hope that this has been helpful to somebody!!!
PFitz