"David Fields" wrote in message
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| Sorry to point this out, there are many here that are much more
| qualified than me to point out flaws in this...

Not many. David Percy, the photographer whose opinion Nathan Jones has
borrowed, doesn't seem to know much about lighting. I have yet to show his
arguments to a professional photographer who doesn't immediately fall down
laughing at them.

But back to the point. Surface color will indeed play a part in the
apparent brightness of an image, but so will surface contour and texture.
Have you ever shot landscapes in the early morning or late evening? If you
wait for just that right second, the low lighting angle will reveal very
subtle contours that don't show up at noon. Or conversely, wad up a piece
of paper and then smooth it out and lay it on a table. Then light it
artificially from a low angle. You get to see all the contours because of
the difference in apparent brightness.

Nathan Jones doesn't know much about lighting, in case that's not obvious
already. He is completely clueless about the effect of texture and contour
on apparent brightness. He strangely claims that the lighting should be
uniform across all the terrain. Obviously he doesn't spend much time
looking at terrain.

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