View Single Post
  #4  
Old 09-10-11, 09:29 AM
Cutter's Avatar
Cutter Cutter is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Cheshire , England
Posts: 2,426
Quote:
Originally Posted by MattUK View Post
I feel that clipping is a slightly misunderstood attribute of a photograph. A lot of people think that if a histogram shows clipping, the image isn't right. However the point of avoiding clipping is to avoid loss of detail in areas where you want detail to be retained.

If an area is pure white or pure black and it doesn't contain detail that's important to the shot, then clip that bad boy like a sheep-shearer on speed.
Spot on Matt, my thoughts entirely.

Check the levels on this pic
__________________
Live each day as your last, one day you will be right.

Mark

See My Gallery HERE

Last edited by Cutter; 09-10-11 at 09:59 AM.
Reply With Quote