Is it my imagination?
May 23, 2018 08:09:15 #
I think I am on pretty much every photo processing software email list that exists. Today I received the usual promotion for, in this case, OnOne. The picture attached is to encourage readers to enter a competition. I cannot help but notice that the image is heavily post processed . . . Even by my standards; and I usually have no issues with surrealism. It seems that many of the software producers feature this âlookâ in their advertising rather than a more ânaturalâ approach. Has this become the new standard for photo processing? Are we likely to see a new generation of photographers who believe more is better?
Each to his own taste. I just think we are being shown a new standard for what a landscape should look like.
Each to his own taste. I just think we are being shown a new standard for what a landscape should look like.
May 23, 2018 08:14:48 #
lesdmd wrote:
Each to his own taste.
Yes, "Each to his own taste."
Photo processing companies tend to promote photo processing. If it weren't for processing, this would be a pretty lonely forum.
May 23, 2018 08:15:10 #
Your musings can be confirmed by checking the landscape forum of fredmiranda.com and much of 500px.com 
May 23, 2018 08:19:08 #
You will find many photographers that have adopted this "new style" of processing as their standard but you will find others like you that are not in agreement with heavy editing. For my particular taste this image has more saturation than I like.
I use Topaz often to enhance images that do not meet my standard. I almost always use a preset but I cut down the effect to make the image look more natural.
I guess we are all different.
I use Topaz often to enhance images that do not meet my standard. I almost always use a preset but I cut down the effect to make the image look more natural.
I guess we are all different.
May 23, 2018 08:25:03 #
I don't care for over-saturated images. I process a bit to enhance them if they'll look better, but for them to remain realistic.
May 23, 2018 08:36:11 #
Years ago, I fiddled with slot car racing. There was a compound that we could apply to the tires of our cars to make them a bit sticky. Our motto was if some's good, a lot's better, and too much is just right. It seems that motto has migrated to people doing photo processing.
Another motto I like is just because one can doesn't mean one should.
--Bob
Another motto I like is just because one can doesn't mean one should.
--Bob
lesdmd wrote:
I think I am on pretty much every photo processing... (show quote)
May 23, 2018 08:48:34 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
I call them "calendar-ized" or "post-card-ized" photos. Our artistic vision is overly influenced by the commercial images we are constantly bombarded with.
May 23, 2018 08:52:13 #
lesdmd wrote:
I think I am on pretty much every photo processing... (show quote)
It is a new standard. But remember there are high standards and low ones. I think this sets a new standard for the bottom.
May 23, 2018 08:54:07 #
Every commercial photo you see has been altered to some extent. "Beauty is in the eye of the ..., post processor".
May 23, 2018 09:00:40 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
lesdmd wrote:
I think I am on pretty much every photo processing... (show quote)
Its way over the top for my tastes, but I suppose some would like that image.
May 23, 2018 09:01:12 #
rmalarz wrote:
Years ago, I fiddled with slot car racing. There was a compound that we could apply to the tires of our cars to make them a bit sticky. Our motto was if some's good, a lot's better, and too much is just right. It seems that motto has migrated to people doing photo processing.
Another motto I like is just because one can doesn't mean one should.
--Bob
Another motto I like is just because one can doesn't mean one should.
--Bob
May 23, 2018 09:01:24 #
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.
May 23, 2018 09:02:31 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
dsmeltz wrote:
It is a new standard. But remember there are high standard and low ones. I think this sets a new standard for the bottom.
I post process almost every shot I take, but this image is way over the top. Its over saturated and over sharpened to the point of being almost surreal. I'm in favor of artistic interpretation of a scene if that's what the photographer is going for, but think this example is a failure and certainly a poor example for promoting the use of ON 1 software.May 23, 2018 09:03:25 #
Wow, this image looks like there's a lot going on, maybe stitching of focus-stacked HDR images with lots of saturation?
May 23, 2018 09:20:53 #
I agree, the composition is troubling to me. The two shacks are way too close to the bank of the lake. Almost as though they touch the water. Their size it too large for the perspective of the image which I find far too strange looking for my taste. I can accept post-processing and I enjoy seeing well-done composite images however to me this one misses the mark in several points.
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