Fake photos
Apr 18, 2019 07:25:53 #
stanco wrote:
Why distort what the camera sees? .Why not look at what nature display.
image improvement?
Artistic interpretation?
Changing the mood of an image?
Lotsa reasons.
Apr 18, 2019 07:27:45 #
stanco wrote:
Why distort what the camera sees? .Why not look at what nature display.
Is this a backdoor way of asking about post processing a photo vs SOOC? Define distort?
Apr 18, 2019 07:35:01 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
stanco wrote:
Why distort what the camera sees? .Why not look at what nature display.
Even folks like me, who strive to “get it right” straight out of the camera, admit (or should) that every photograph is a bit of a fake. No matter what film, lens, or digital camera I use, or how I manipulate the lighting, I cannot precisely duplicate any scene - I can only come close. And even that is subjective.
Apr 18, 2019 07:36:09 #
Gene, I did shoot the reality scenes for CSI, Fire dept. & photo journalism; old habits are hard to break!
Apr 18, 2019 07:38:39 #
Apr 18, 2019 07:40:41 #
sb wrote:
Many photos are documentary. Some are meant to see what the photographer sees. Some are meant to see what the mind sees as a possibility. Some are art. Some are just fun.
Apr 18, 2019 07:43:20 #
Pablo8 wrote:
Are you trying to compete with Chris T. ?? I, along with other posters on this thread, are awaiting your replies.
😀👍
Apr 18, 2019 07:48:14 #
sb wrote:
Many photos are documentary. Some are meant to see what the photographer sees. Some are meant to see what the mind sees as a possibility. Some are art. Some are just fun.
Apr 18, 2019 07:59:59 #
Apr 18, 2019 08:01:14 #
ggab
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Delderby wrote:
which gives us about 60 years before armageddon. 
You were doing so well until the last phrase.
Apr 18, 2019 08:01:32 #
stanco wrote:
Why distort what the camera sees? .Why not look at what nature display.
Creativity? Comedy? Propaganda?
Apr 18, 2019 08:05:44 #
DAN Phillips wrote:
SOOC is always best! It's not fake or make believe!
Ahh! But it also does not look like what we visualize when we make the shot. We don't need to make it surreal, but we should make it look as good as the actual scene - often, the camera does not present that view without adjusting contrast, exposure, and setting black and white points. Also, sharpen - a requirement. Sharpening is not a fix for poor focus, but is an adjustment for the physical design of the sensor that breaks the photo into tiny separate pixels.
Apr 18, 2019 08:19:52 #
My tendency is to have a final product which is close to what I saw because a photograph is not reality. At times I feel that making some enhancements to the image reinforces the artistic side of the photograph and I do so in the most natural way I can.
Case in point is adding structure to a dull sky or popping up dull colors.
Many times I have to clone electric poles or empty cans of sodas or other objects man made to show nature like it is.
We live in a polluted world.
Case in point is adding structure to a dull sky or popping up dull colors.
Many times I have to clone electric poles or empty cans of sodas or other objects man made to show nature like it is.
We live in a polluted world.
Apr 18, 2019 08:26:06 #
stanco wrote:
Why distort what the camera sees? .Why not look at what nature display.
Because the camera can not "see" what the human eye sees, and the processor (darkroom or lightroom) is not as capable as the human brain. If you want to see what nature displays, leave your camera at home.
Apr 18, 2019 08:59:59 #
DAN Phillips wrote:
Gene, I did shoot the reality scenes for CSI, Fire dept. & photo journalism; old habits are hard to break!
I'm just curious Dan, when you did that did you use the jpg SOOC? Is that not a processed image?
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