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Old 04-17-2006, 07:53 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by Sharon Knettell
. The right eye is much stronger than the left, even though it is in shadow, it should recede somewhat.
Scott Burdick alsways says "Squint and compare". We have all been taught to squint, but comparing is also critical. Look at the picture in this link...

http://www.scottburdick.com/2005scott48.htm

The whites of the eyes are quite dark. As Scott says, if you look at the model's eyes, you'll see white, but compare them to the lights of the forehead, and you see they're much darker. That's how he nailed that value.

As he said, if you have a piece of white paper sitting in the sun, just outside your window, and another indoors, out of the bright light, they both look very white when you look at them individually. It's when you compare that you see one is very dark compared to the other.

This has been mentioned to me here on SOG for some time. Look for the lightest light, and make other values darker than that, asking yourself "how much lighter is it than that light that I am referencing?"
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