Filters or no filters? How do you feel about post-processing tools shaping your final image?
Jan 30, 2024 17:16:37 #
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Jan 31, 2024 18:52:46 #
JZA B1 wrote:
I guess there is a difference between adjusting wh... (show quote)
I shoot JPEG and my camera does a nice job of most post processing. Where I am not completely satisfied I will tweak the final results in Apple Photos to where I prefer.
Feb 1, 2024 07:28:35 #
Artcameraman
Loc: Springfield NH
If it works for you go for it. JPG are 8 bit per pixel not great if you manipulate then print. If you don't print most will never know.
Feb 1, 2024 11:34:00 #
JZA B1 wrote:
I guess there is a difference between adjusting wh... (show quote)
Photography is art...not every picture is supposed to be realistic.
Feb 1, 2024 12:44:29 #
Feb 1, 2024 13:02:12 #
Artcameraman wrote:
Yes.
Wonderful contribution. Note your refusal to use <quote reply> makes many of your replies unintelligible.
Feb 2, 2024 11:36:36 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
The grass is always greener when you process with PhotoShop.
LOL, that's true.
Feb 2, 2024 14:02:21 #
Mwilliamsphotography
Loc: Royal Oak Michigan & Palm Harbor Florida
No more than I did in the dark room. Used different contrast and different surface texture photo papers, different filters on camera lens and on the enlarger lens, used various chemicals to get different looks and different feels or tints ... etc. etc. etc.
Then retouching was done for non-journalistic work, especially commercial product work, portraits, fashion, and glamor photography.
The bad thing about digital filters is every tasteless mag-pie applies to much of whatever they think looks cool ... mostly it's cringeworthy at best.
Then retouching was done for non-journalistic work, especially commercial product work, portraits, fashion, and glamor photography.
The bad thing about digital filters is every tasteless mag-pie applies to much of whatever they think looks cool ... mostly it's cringeworthy at best.
Feb 2, 2024 15:24:40 #
Back in film era taking a good shot was half the battle to get it rt the first time is better but now because ur 'film' or reusable u can take several shots to get it rt try that first and see if u have less work on fixing ur mistakes later because we no longer throw out mistakes we erase them
Feb 3, 2024 05:14:32 #
Feb 3, 2024 13:58:40 #
When I am using a Nikon full frame mirrorless camera I always have a UV filter on the lens, unless I am shooting JPEG. Otherwise, I use Lightroom and rely completely on natural light. Not with zoom lenses, though, just with prime lenses.
Feb 3, 2024 16:22:33 #
TLym45
Loc: Williamsburg, VA
kpmac wrote:
I don't set limits. I process my images to look like I want them to look; or as close as I can get to what I was shooting for.
I side with kpmac.
A photo does not always do justice to the scene -- or at least to that which I envisioned when I made the click. I will frequently go "beyond the click" to bring the image closer to that which I saw at the time, or what I feel as I revisit the digital rendering. To paraphrase a quote attributed to Pablo Picasso: "I don't [print] what I see, I [print] what I feel."
Impressionist Edgar Degas is famous for his proclaiming "Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."
There should always remain the freedom of interpretation, whether applying brush to a canvas or arranging pixels on the monitor. It is the artist's privilege to see things as he or she wishes them to be seen.
Thanks for the forum to voice an opinion,
TL at DiPixns.com
Feb 4, 2024 06:12:46 #
Feb 5, 2024 08:35:16 #
Lucian
Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio
You have to remember that a lot of people have no idea as to how much PP is too much. They were never educated in this direction so have no idea what is required. It is a bit like someone who buys a pan and pot and some spices and suddenly considers themselves a chef.
They have heard that you put salt into a meal you are making to improve its tastes, however, they have no idea how much to use, and when not to use it. So, consequently, they use it every time and more often than not, far too much of it, so all their meals are way over salted, yet no one bothers to tell them or help them learn a better way to use salt.
So many images I see, are over sharpened and or over saturated with an HDR process.
They have heard that you put salt into a meal you are making to improve its tastes, however, they have no idea how much to use, and when not to use it. So, consequently, they use it every time and more often than not, far too much of it, so all their meals are way over salted, yet no one bothers to tell them or help them learn a better way to use salt.
So many images I see, are over sharpened and or over saturated with an HDR process.
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