Patent ID: 7262794

Claim:
A method for making a digital photograph of a subject composed of a moving water element and still elements surrounding said moving water element, provided with a color condition (lightness, contrast, chroma, color balance) substantially matched to a naked eye view of said subject, comprising: a first step of taking a photograph at a standard shutter speed in a range of 1/60 and 1/125 of a second, whereby said photograph is composed of said still elements indicated in a color matched condition to said naked eye view, and said moving water element is indicated in a condition different from said naked eye view, a second step of taking a series of photographs of said subject by applying a series of shutter speeds including a shutter speed identical to an estimated moving speed of said moving water element, said photographs then being displayed as respective digital images on a monitor of a computer image processing system, a third step of selecting one of said digital images based upon a color condition of said moving water element being substantially identical to said naked eye view thereof from said series of digital images indicated on said monitor in said second step operation, a fourth step of applying a color matching operation to said digital image selected by said third step operation to modify the color condition of said still elements to be substantially matched to the color condition of said still elements of said photograph obtained by said first step operation, whereby a digital image having a color of said moving water element and a color of said still elements that is perceivable as substantially identical to said naked eye view, is displayed on said monitor as a material digital image for printing, and a fifth step of printing a digital photograph having a color condition substantially identical to said material digital image.