Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Shadows and Highlights - The Mark of Excellence

"With that in mind, I would like to redefine highlights as: the brightest area in a photo in which one can still see detail. The same is true of a great shadow. A shadow is defined as the darkest area of a photo in which you can still see detail. If you see a picture of a cave opening and all is black, you don't really have any shadows (you have darkness.) If you can see eyes and a hairy outline of some type of creature breathing the cool night air, you can honestly say you caught something lurking in the shadows."

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