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Jun 16, 2018 01:38:43   #
Howard5252 Loc: New York / Florida (now)
 
I like to think I post my best work and sometimes when I take a second
look (pixel peep) at a post I discover that there are glaring errors that
need fixing. Of course there will always be "A few more" spots that could be
improved and so at some point I call it finished. This is the finished version
of this image. If you look at the download of the previous post and use the +,
you can see some of the areas that needed fixing (The PP work can clearly
be seen). This is unaceptable and I don't know why I didn't see
these flaws before posting. Oh well, this image has now reached the finished
point and now I can say that I have posted my best work.
Pixel peepers (I am one too) welcome.


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Jun 16, 2018 03:17:47   #
SharpShooter Loc: NorCal
 
Howard5252 wrote:
I like to think I post my best work and sometimes when I take a second
look (pixel peep) at a post I discover that there are glaring errors that
need fixing. Of course there will always be "A few more" spots that could be
improved and so at some point I call it finished. This is the finished version
of this image. If you look at the download of the previous post and use the +,
you can see some of the areas that needed fixing (The PP work can clearly
be seen). This is unaceptable and I don't know why I didn't see
these flaws before posting. Oh well, this image has now reached the finished
point and now I can say that I have posted my best work.
Pixel peepers (I am one too) welcome.
I like to think I post my best work and sometimes ... (show quote)


Howard, it's my opinion that pixel peeping is WAY over-rated if not next to useless. When I walk into a museum, I don't walk up and get really close to an image. It doesn't matter to me if an image was shot on a battlefield with a 35mm and is blurry or if it was shot by a 4X5 field camera.
I look at the composition. IF the composition is GOOD, that's all that matters to me. The image has to move me or engage me in some way.
Some shots are improved by sharpness, like some nature shots or maybe fashion but if the composition is not there, that image will never make it, no matter how many hours you spend massaging it in post and pixel peeping it!!!
Howard, if a shot has good composition, is well exposed and focused, why does it even need any PP?
Just my opinion!
SS

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Jun 16, 2018 08:19:07   #
Howard5252 Loc: New York / Florida (now)
 
SharpShooter wrote:
Howard, it's my opinion that pixel peeping is WAY over-rated if not next to useless. When I walk into a museum, I don't walk up and get really close to an image. It doesn't matter to me if an image was shot on a battlefield with a 35mm and is blurry or if it was shot by a 4X5 field camera.
I look at the composition. IF the composition is GOOD, that's all that matters to me. The image has to move me or engage me in some way.
Some shots are improved by sharpness, like some nature shots or maybe fashion but if the composition is not there, that image will never make it, no matter how many hours you spend massaging it in post and pixel peeping it!!!
Howard, if a shot has good composition, is well exposed and focused, why does it even need any PP?
Just my opinion!
SS
Howard, it's my opinion that pixel peeping is WAY ... (show quote)

Thank you for your comments and your question is a valid one. Before I continue, I would like you to know that I always refer to my creations as images rather than photographs. I liken the creations to a composer creating music or an artist putting paint onto canvas. Both will come up with something that came from their minds; something that did not exist before they created it.
Certainly sharpness, composition, and exposure are necessary to produce a pleasing photograph. I think there is a little more to it when the image is created from an idea rather than from a camera. The camera will take care of the myriad tiny details that go into making a photograph and that the viewer will never actually notice ... unless they look for them.
My goal is to merge two photographs, thereby creating an image that never actually existed. Think of the composer creating a composition for a full orchestra. At some point the composer writes into the score a tiny bell to be rung from time to time while the full orchestra is playing. Think of the artist who changes the shade of one of the pigments - just a tiny amount. I think of the tiny changes I make to be equivalent to the tiny changes of pigment or as equal to the composer adding that bell to the musical score; even though no one will actually hear the bell or notice the color shift, they do make a contribution to the finished creation.

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Jun 16, 2018 08:34:53   #
Howard5252 Loc: New York / Florida (now)
 
I just got a private message that my post was moved into the Photo Gallery. I should have posted it in the Post Processing Forum - my mistake. Please move it there.

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