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To do or not to do?; Photoshop - something to ponder upon
Topic Started: Sep 19 2007, 10:37 PM (577 Views)
Birder
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Sometimes after taking a picture, you realise that it is a pity because of some imperfection .. So Photoshop comes in..

To naked eyes, the changes and editing made may not be noticeable, but the flaw in the original picture certainly stand out.

Taking ETTL's earlier B&W picture thread:
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Would you do it? To what extent would you edit the picture, so it looks good? Or are you really hardcore and only do minimal PP just to correct only exposure and colorings?
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Bro,
I think it's alright to clean up the photo.. It looks better as well.
Looking at the B&W editing thread I posted.. you can see how we actually overly cooked or PP the photos to have that extreme contrast / high tone effects.. :(

I think doing some touchup and adjusting the proper exposure on the photos should be the way for digital photography..
Burning & Dodging is another way to add impact to your photo..

Like what Clemence mentioned in another thread.. it's the 'Wow" factor we want to achieve..
For me, it's the fun.. and later the "Wow" :neener:
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Sep 19 2007, 10:46 PM
Bro,
I think it's alright to clean up the photo.. It looks better as well.
Looking at the B&W editing thread I posted.. you can see how we actually overly cooked or PP the photos to have that extreme contrast / high tone effects..  :(

I think doing some touchup and adjusting the proper exposure on the photos should be the way for digital photography..
Burning & Dodging is another way to add impact to your photo..

Like what Clemence mentioned in another thread.. it's the 'Wow" factor we want to achieve..
For me, it's the fun.. and later the "Wow"  :neener:

Yeah just read Clemence's comment in Ming's thread. Wow.. :D

But I believe this kind of editing is frowned upon in photo-journalism.
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clkoh , photo journalism is what ? diary using photos ?
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Sep 20 2007, 12:04 AM
clkoh , photo journalism is what ? diary using photos ?

No, not diary. News reporting using photos. Read somewhere before that Reuters news NEVER use edited photos of any form, but there was one photographer who did that and he was found out and it became was quite a news.
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Sep 20 2007, 02:48 PM
No, not diary. News reporting using photos. Read somewhere before that Reuters news NEVER use edited photos of any form, but there was one photographer who did that and he was found out and it became was quite a news.

i know ! is it the one photo with the SMOKE from explosion editied ?
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eyesthruthelens
Sep 19 2007, 10:46 PM
Bro,
I think it's alright to clean up the photo.. It looks better as well.
Looking at the B&W editing thread I posted.. you can see how we actually overly cooked or PP the photos to have that extreme contrast / high tone effects.. :(

I think doing some touchup and adjusting the proper exposure on the photos should be the way for digital photography..
Burning & Dodging is another way to add impact to your photo..

Like what Clemence mentioned in another thread.. it's the 'Wow" factor we want to achieve..
For me, it's the fun.. and later the "Wow" :neener:

hmm.....hehe!~ B)

Don't rush to PP, always give me a second or third look as sometimes, the imperfections in a photo gives it character and uniqueness. Sometimes, it is the imperfections that makes the picture. :coming: :mynose:
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I can add PP to rescue photos, or use them to create an effect, though sometimes, I'd like the way it came out of the camera...

There's no definite style for me that is. Whichever looks best works. :)
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Wow factor aside, the other thing is control, knowing how far to go.

i'd avoid PS as much as possible. when dealing with people or anything with a face, sometimes its difficult to know where to draw the line and its easy to go overboard with removal of blemishes, wrinkles, moles, lines, patches.... and before you know it, your subject has gone back 20 years in age.

with scenes, landscapes, i try to capture and show it like it is. if i don't like something (e.g. lamp-post) i'll change my angle and take a second shot. but at all times i'd avoid altering the realism otw a kampung hut can look like a sec 4 woodwork project by the time you're done with PS.. :lol:

somehow i think being a golfer influences that - play as it lies (i.e don't move the ball, and in photography speak, don't alter reality).
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Sep 25 2007, 12:33 AM
Wow factor aside, the other thing is control, knowing how far to go.

i'd avoid PS as much as possible. when dealing with people or anything with a face, sometimes its difficult to know where to draw the line and its easy to go overboard with removal of blemishes, wrinkles, moles, lines, patches.... and before you know it, your subject has gone back 20 years in age.

with scenes, landscapes, i try to capture and show it like it is. if i don't like something (e.g. lamp-post) i'll change my angle and take a second shot. but at all times i'd avoid altering the realism otw a kampung hut can look like a sec 4 woodwork project by the time you're done with PS..  :lol:

somehow i think being a golfer influences that - play as it lies (i.e don't move the ball, and in photography speak, don't alter reality).

Sometimes we have to alter reality .. Otherwise it will be injustice to the picture..
You wouldn't move the golf ball (subject) but you would pluck away the weeds in front of the ball or flatten the ground in front of the ball?
Example below is a good example.
Original picture .. I was like "damn .. I had a nice pose .. and that ugly box had to be in the way .." I wouldn't leave it that way .. it's stands out like a sore thumb!
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