Look at the dramatic change that Picasa’s “auto-contrast” feature delivered with a single click.
Before Picasa’s “auto-contrast”:
After Picasa’s “Auto-Contrast”:
Whoa!
(Photograph taken with my Canon Rebel XT, 50mm f1.8 prime lense, no flash, and lots of Delhi Fog. Location is Lodhi Park in New Delhi, India)
But what did the “reality” look like? I find some of my photos that really ‘pop’ weren’t what I really saw. And does it matter?
Hmmm….
Comment by Dave Zatz — December 26, 2008 @ 1:00 am
What I saw with my eyes was probably closer to the original image, but I thought the “auto-contrast”-ed image was just a better image. Changing the contrast effectively “cleared” the fog in the original image.
Comment by rakesh — January 5, 2009 @ 6:07 pm