Is it my imagination?
May 23, 2018 09:24:52 #
IMHO, I see these contests as a way to promote new and "better" Software. I see it as a marketing gimmick so the insecure photographer, will buy the software. Yes I PP all on my images(we really don't have a choice) and sometimes use it to accentuate a particular part of an image, for the most part though, I think a good photograph needs very little editing.
Unfortunately, I have produced very few "good" photos. :-()
Unfortunately, I have produced very few "good" photos. :-()
May 23, 2018 09:33:33 #
Looks more like a Thomas Kinkade than a photo. Personally, never liked his work nor this trend. Overbaked ideas are obviously selling or the vendors wouldn't be pushing the style. But, as said, each to their own.
May 23, 2018 09:49:55 #
May 23, 2018 10:01:37 #
Chefneil wrote:
IMHO, I see these contests as a way to promote new and "better" Software. I see it as a marketing gimmick so the insecure photographer, will buy the software. Yes I PP all on my images(we really don't have a choice) and sometimes use it to accentuate a particular part of an image, for the most part though, I think a good photograph needs very little editing.
Unfortunately, I have produced very few "good" photos. :-()
Unfortunately, I have produced very few "good" photos. :-()
I remember the quote not the early photographer; but he said (something along the lines) that after 10 years of taking photographs he found 10 that were worthy of exhibition. It helps me to remember this at all times; since my goal is always quality and not quantity. If you have produced even a few images that are worthy of "good" you are doing well.
May 23, 2018 10:13:28 #
There is no one fits all when it comes to PP. There has never been, nor will there be a standard, for PP because of the multitude of variables involved. Saturation is strictly an individual taste thing. It's like oil paintings, it's all oil paint and there are different colors but............
May 23, 2018 10:15:42 #
May 23, 2018 13:18:08 #
trainspotter
Loc: Oregon
Sorry guys...I crop only...(although I would like to add my signature). My view is: "capturing the world as it is" respect to all!
May 23, 2018 17:41:24 #
DaveC1 wrote:
The really interesting point is that even though the email ad may have been for OnOne, the Exif data on this image says it was done in PhotoShop. Unless its a stock image you'd think if they were promoting their software they would have used it in the image for the ad.
I believe On1 can be used as a plugin to PS. If so, what would the EXIF show?
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May 23, 2018 18:01:38 #
At a years ago seminar with National Geo and Commercial Photographer, DeWitt Jones, he quipped (about half of his statement qualify), after showing a flower shot with Ektachrome and Fuji Velvia (a very vivid and heavily saturated transparency film), he commented after showing the Ektachrome image: This is you flower, and then for the Velvia slide he said this is you flower on drugs. Since it echoed a then current Public Service spot on drugs showing a frying pan with fried eggs in it as the after shot.
So many of the over cooked photos appear just that way to me today. I guess some folks need that over saturation bordering on hallucination to be complete.
So many of the over cooked photos appear just that way to me today. I guess some folks need that over saturation bordering on hallucination to be complete.
May 24, 2018 01:18:52 #
As shocking it may seem, there are actually many people (particularly non-photographers) who absolutely love gaudy images such as this. There's a big market for this kind of stuff.
May 24, 2018 07:41:58 #
rook2c4 wrote:
As shocking it may seem, there are actually many people (particularly non-photographers) who absolutely love gaudy images such as this. There's a big market for this kind of stuff.
YEAH! I used to love those pictures of cats with really REALLY big eyes! So sad! And poker playing dogs on velvet! Nothing shouts refined taste like one of those hanging over your bed!
May 24, 2018 09:06:30 #
TheDman
Loc: USA
lesdmd wrote:
I think I am on pretty much every photo processing... (show quote)
Apparently it was in Nat Geo Traveler, Spanish edition. It looks like a typical Photomatix shot... high saturation, land brighter than the sky, not a shadow to be found.
Ultimately it comes down to how much OnOne is willing to pay for a stock image. Clearly they didn't want to fork over big $$$ for a highest-end landscape image, and figured this would be good enough.
May 24, 2018 09:13:35 #
via the lens wrote:
...surreal image....
Is there a Salvador Dali plugin for Photoshop? That could be interesting!
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