Disclosure of editing when posting pictures
Aug 11, 2023 12:44:07 #
My question is: when posting my images on social media should I disclose that the image was modified?
Recently in a late afternoon I went to Davis pond near Reno, NV to take pictures of the pond when the sunlight is at low angle. My intention was to add some sunset clouds. I edited one of the pictures in PS, just added some sunset clouds and adjusted tint of the trees to match the sunset feel.
I posted the final picture on FB in some local groups without mentioning that the photo was edited. People love this picture and couple of them responded that they come to that place all the time but never saw it from this angle and with clouds like that.
What is the right approach? Disclosure that I edited the image, or just don't say anything?
Recently in a late afternoon I went to Davis pond near Reno, NV to take pictures of the pond when the sunlight is at low angle. My intention was to add some sunset clouds. I edited one of the pictures in PS, just added some sunset clouds and adjusted tint of the trees to match the sunset feel.
I posted the final picture on FB in some local groups without mentioning that the photo was edited. People love this picture and couple of them responded that they come to that place all the time but never saw it from this angle and with clouds like that.
What is the right approach? Disclosure that I edited the image, or just don't say anything?
Aug 11, 2023 12:50:37 #
I don't, and won't.
I don't care if someone else does as I look at how "the image" appears as I see it on display.
One can have a sunset setting in the south for all I care.
I look at the merit of the image presented.
Love the first by the way.
I don't care if someone else does as I look at how "the image" appears as I see it on display.
One can have a sunset setting in the south for all I care.
I look at the merit of the image presented.
Love the first by the way.
Aug 11, 2023 12:57:44 #
damianlv wrote:
My question is: when posting my images on social m... (show quote)
When you add a fake image you must disclose it.
Otherwise you are lying to the world that it is a photo you captured at the lake.
Some take umbrage at calling it lying but it is. Might as well have AI add a fake sky, or better yet do the whole thing for you.
Aug 11, 2023 13:00:36 #
Is this photojournalism or art? If making a beautiful image that is not for map-making, or forest monitoring, or any other scientific purpose, then edit away and don't say anything.
Aug 11, 2023 13:03:10 #
What you should disclose is you're using the wrong colorspace. That's why the image looks different, the first, in the thumbnail, rather than opened later. You should revisit your LR Export workflow and assure you've created a User Preset that encodes (enforces) use of the sRGB colorspace into the output JPEG. Consider standardizing the resizing of the resulting image as discussed -- and screen captured -- in this post: Recommended resizing parameters for digital images
Aug 11, 2023 13:04:54 #
Longshadow wrote:
I don't, and won't.
I don't care if someone else does as I look at how "the image" appears as I see it on display.
One can have a sunset setting in the south for all I care.
I look at the merit of the image presented.
Love the first by the way.
I don't care if someone else does as I look at how "the image" appears as I see it on display.
One can have a sunset setting in the south for all I care.
I look at the merit of the image presented.
Love the first by the way.
Thank you, that's how I feel as well.
Aug 11, 2023 13:06:42 #
Architect1776 wrote:
When you add a fake image you must disclose it.
Otherwise you are lying to the world that it is a photo you captured at the lake.
Some take umbrage at calling it lying but it is. Might as well have AI add a fake sky, or better yet do the whole thing for you.
Otherwise you are lying to the world that it is a photo you captured at the lake.
Some take umbrage at calling it lying but it is. Might as well have AI add a fake sky, or better yet do the whole thing for you.
It's a photo they created, not necessarily "took".
Why is it always assumed that that's what the camera saw?
Should it be announced that a photo was edited to enhance a particular look also???
Aug 11, 2023 13:06:59 #
Aug 11, 2023 13:08:44 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
What you should disclose is you're using the wrong... (show quote)
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm rather new to editing and there is so much to learn. I never heard of colorspace... more to learn.
Aug 11, 2023 13:10:50 #
Jerry Coupe
Loc: Kent, WA
Many folks think of photographs as exact reproductions of what the scene was at the time the image was taken.
I suspect that most folks have no idea how much dark room manipulation of images masters like Ansel Adams did in the dark room. Therefore, I am not troubled with most editing work on images shared on social media.
I do appreciate when folks disclose that an image is a composite image (i.e. sunset clouds added to an image, or other components added to an image. I will still appreciate the final image for the beautiful content.
I suspect that most folks have no idea how much dark room manipulation of images masters like Ansel Adams did in the dark room. Therefore, I am not troubled with most editing work on images shared on social media.
I do appreciate when folks disclose that an image is a composite image (i.e. sunset clouds added to an image, or other components added to an image. I will still appreciate the final image for the beautiful content.
Aug 11, 2023 13:11:41 #
damianlv wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm rather new to editing and there is so much to learn. I never heard of colorspace... more to learn.
Here's some more colorspace info with linked examples. On my computer, the pink color in the clouds is completely missing until the attachment is opened, part of why you need to use the universal sRGB colorspace for JPEGs being shared -- so everyone sees your image in the colors you intended / edited.
What happens when you set your camera to Adobe RGB?
Aug 11, 2023 13:14:04 #
I shoot in RAW and therefore have to process my photographs, What I do or don't do is nobodies business but mine. When I use AI or someone else's photograph in my composites I acknowledge that.
Aug 11, 2023 13:22:31 #
PHRubin wrote:
I would say it is modified, but that's me
Then should there a list of what is acceptable as "modified"?
Like color balance, contrast, certain color enhancements, shadow detail, ...?
They are "modifications", are they not?
Aug 11, 2023 13:23:47 #
Aug 11, 2023 13:31:27 #
Unless we’re talking photojournalism I assume every nice image I see has been processed in some way. Is it a big deal that Ansel Adams modified his images in the darkroom using dodging and burning? No. He used the tools available to him to modify the original exposure and create art.
The only difference I see is that today we have better tools.
The only difference I see is that today we have better tools.
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