Patent Document ID: 20080111895
Application ID: 11808987
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of 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 (brightness, contrast, chroma and color balance) substantially matched to a naked eye view of said subject, comprising: a first step operation of taking a photograph at a standard shutter speed in a range between 1/60 and 1/125 seconds, whereby said photograph is composed of still elements indicated in a color matched condition to said naked eye view, a second step operation 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 operation 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 operation of indicating a digital image based upon said digital image selected in said third step operation composed of a first layer and a back layer, the first layer indicating still elements to which color modification is applied in an overlapped condition to the back layer indicating said digital image selected in said third step operation, a fifth step of operation of applying a color modification to said first layer of said digital image indicated in said fourth step operation, for making said first layer substantially matched to a corresponding portion of said photographic image obtained in said first step operation, a sixth step operation to combine said first layer on which said color modification operation of said fifth step operation is completed and said digital image of said back layer in overlapped condition, whereby a material digital image for printing is made, and a seventh step operation to print said material digital image.