Originally posted by stevebrot I wondered the same thing. What happened to the specular reflections in the f/45 shot? Did the light change or are they reduced to veiling flare in the wide-open shot?
Steve
If you mean the highlights in the background then they were moving around gently in a breeze and also the shots were handheld. Having said that it is reasonable to presume they have dissolved into the background in the open shot as I said in post 17.
If the result had shown more difference between the two I would be interested in doing a more calibrated setup. Perhaps with a faster lens say f1.4 to f8 . It's reasonably large dimensions would beless prone to minor sticking of the iris. Controlled lighting and a control exposure shot at lower iso.
I am going with there is a difference in noise in the lighter area .
Does anyone disagree with that.?
Is there some reason we need to be looking only at the dark area.?