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Peter Figen wrote:
Darren - I think John's points are valid. There's a big difference between having a window or door that looks like a mirror and having the outside completely blown out. There's a point where (and you can see a great example in the thread I started in this section yesterday) you still have detail but it's naturally lighter and makes sense as the main source of light lighting the room. On the very last image posted, the windows really are problematic, being very uneven with both light and dark halos. To me, that's a problem even for real estate photography and sorta ruins that expensive view. As far as the window screens are concerned, I've run into those many times, and while it's "correct" to leave them much darker, it's often visually more pleasing to at least go part way toward equalizing them. It's one of those things that you compensate for more or less automatically in person, but ends up bugging you when frozen in time. ...Show more →
I wasn't trying to give the impression that John's points weren't valid - if it came across that way, it wasn't intended. In fact, I appreciate the input/feedback, so sorry John if it came across as dismissive.
Whenever I'm shooting one of these condos in the sky, there's so much emphasis placed on the views (especially from the seller and real estate agents perspective) that sometimes the room almost becomes an after thought - especially if the place isn't being sold furnished. So I'm trying to get everything in focus - especially the view. I can't tell you how many times I hear "You gotta get those views" or "the view is going to sell this place" - yadi, yadi, yada...
The point about the glass looking like a mirror, I totally get it, and looking at it again, I can see what you mean on the last image, and now it's bugging me :-)
As for the screen doors I'll rarely compensate for those, in fact I don't think I ever have and I think it's because I look at it much the same way when a seller will ask me to remove something from a window (like the big ugly green AC unit out the window that partially obscures the view) - I tend to balk because I don't want to misrepresent what's there - I even carry that thought process over to something like screen doors - I think I'm just conditioned. There's a line there somewhere between exaggeration and misrepresentation - screen doors probably aren't it, but I think you get what I mean. One of things I will do, is leave sliding doors closed - unless they pocket - because then you will create uneven windows unnecessarily.
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