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© 2017 Mark Hickenbottom
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The luminosity histogram (lower left) shows a short bar on the left and a very short bar on the right. This may indicate a minor amount of pixels have been clipped to pure black and pure white. It may also indicate too high of a contrast. The color histogram (left) shows a short bar on the left which indicates a tiny amount of pixels clipped to 0. Since the bar is mostly gray, many of the clipped pixels will be pure black. Shadow clipping (upper middle) shows a small scattering of clipped pixels including pure black. These clipped pixels correspond to the darkest part of the image. The color histogram also shows a very short bar on the right which indicates a very tiny amount of pixels clipped to 255. Since the bar is mostly gray, many of the clipped pixels will be pure white. Highlight clipping (upper right) shows a very tiny amount of clipped pixels (including pure white pixels) in shiny chrome parts of the motorcycle. This small scattering of clipped pixels is unlikely to be noticeable or affect restoration. However, the concentration of black and white clipped pixels may point to a contrast that is too high. |
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The luminosity histogram (lower left) shows no bars at all on either the left or right, which means pixels probably have not been clipped to pure black or pure white. The color histogram (left) shows a tall bar on the left that contains gray, blue, and magenta colors. This indicates that a moderate amount of pixels of different colors were clipped to 0. Shadow clipping (upper middle) shows a large amount of colorfully clipped pixels in the Christmas presents. The color histogram also shows a very short bar on the right which is colored magenta. Highlight clipping (upper right) shows a very tiny amount of clipped pixels. The significant amount of colorfully clipped pixels in the Christmas presents may point to overly enhanced colors in the image. Overly enhanced colors can look artificial, vivid, and flat. |
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The luminosity histogram (lower left) shows no bar on the left and a ridiculously tall bar on the right. This may indicate highlights have been blown out, meaning a lot of pixels may have been clipped to pure white. The color histogram (left) shows almost no bar on the left. Shadow clipping (upper middle) shows an extremely tiny scattering of pixels. The color histogram also shows a ridiculously tall bar on the right that is almost completely gray. This almost certainly indicates a large amount of highlight clipping. Highlight clipping (upper right) shows that most of the sky has turned pure white. This pure white part of the sky has now permanently lost its tonal range. Even if the highlights are darkened, this large part of the sky will always be a solid block of a single shade of gray or white. |