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Oct 26, 2011 15:35:06 #
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Learn to edit your images using imaging software. You can use it to level the horizon , correct perspective, crop creatively,
Every person who has a desire to become a proficient photographer, should learn to do these things before the image has even left the camera. This should not be an afterthought, and left up to software. Unfortunately there are photographers, and there are PhotoShoppers.
It was quite an advantage to start out in the days when the lab did your developing, and you needed to learn to do all the other work of proper composure beforehand.
Now the question begs are you a photographer, or a PhotoShopper.
Oct 26, 2011 16:18:27 #
Steve. I am both. And I do not consider them to be separate labels any more than Ansel Adams was either a photographer or a darkroom editor. A whole "photographer" has skills in both branches in the field of photography. The goal is get the image a good as possible in-camera, and refine it with editing.
I do not believe that a image straight out of the camera (SOOTC) can capture what I saw in my mind's eye. PhotoShop helps me do that.
I do not believe that a image straight out of the camera (SOOTC) can capture what I saw in my mind's eye. PhotoShop helps me do that.
SOOTC versus PhotoShop
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Oct 26, 2011 16:43:09 #
steve40 wrote:
Every person who has a desire to become a proficient photographer, should learn to do these things before the image has even left the camera. This should not be an afterthought, and left up to software. Unfortunately there are photographers, and there are PhotoShoppers.
Now the question begs are you a photographer, or a PhotoShopper.
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Learn to edit your images using imaging software. You can use it to level the horizon , correct perspective, crop creatively,
Every person who has a desire to become a proficient photographer, should learn to do these things before the image has even left the camera. This should not be an afterthought, and left up to software. Unfortunately there are photographers, and there are PhotoShoppers.
Now the question begs are you a photographer, or a PhotoShopper.
Steve. I see you use compact cameras. Can you get the horizon perfectly level in-camera? I can't, even with my DSLR, and that is important to me. As a architect, I need to correct perspective. It is far easier to correct it in PhotoShop than buying a view camera. As for cropping, I generally overshoot a bit so I have some leeway in composition, and especially with a compact camera's viewing system.
So, are you really satisfied with your SOOTC images? Just curious.
Oct 26, 2011 20:08:15 #
Perfectly level horizon, easy with the G12; it has an electronic level built in. Works either in portrait or landscape, another miracle of modern gizmos. :) Well that is unless, the horizon is \ and you are / then you might need to use a little Pshopping corection.
Oct 26, 2011 20:25:24 #
steve40 wrote:
Perfectly level horizon, easy with the G12; it has an electronic level built in. Works either in portrait or landscape, another miracle of modern gizmos. :)
I will bet that your horizons are not perfectly level to the degree that I require, even with that gizmo. I use the lines in my DSLR finder and can never get them perfect. Photoshop Ruler tool and Lens Correction filter to the rescue.
So, to ask the question again. Are you really satisfied with your SOOTC images?
Looking for that Perfectly Level Horizon
Oct 26, 2011 20:34:12 #
I use the horizon level built into my D7000 and still double check it in post processing with CS5's ruler leveling feature.
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Oct 26, 2011 20:42:29 #
Most of the time, when not I just trash them. When I used film, I left the developing to the lab, processing was never my thing. Digital darkrooming is not my thing either, I avoid it whenever I can. Out of 25 shots I possibly find one keeper, the rest go to that little trash can icon on my monitor.
Oct 26, 2011 20:50:16 #
steve40 wrote:
Most of the time, when not I just trash them. When I used film, I left the developing to the lab, processing was never my thing. Digital darkrooming is not my thing either, I avoid it whenever I can. Out of 25 shots I possibly find one keeper, the rest go to that little trash can icon on my monitor.
My Canon SX 120 IS don't have all those fancy things...I shoot mainly handheld and if the photos are bad...I straighten them in Photoshop... As a strictly amateur photographer, I am not one to try and get every little detail just right... I still manage to take photos that satisfy ME...and that is what counts...Not only that...I have FUN...because if it ain't FUN...it ain't worth doin'...:)
Oct 26, 2011 21:07:03 #
[quote]if it ain't FUN...it ain't worth doin'...[/quot]
I agree, I am far from a perfectionist. I take the photos I take to suit myself, not everyone else. If a little simple editing can improve one, I'll do that. But as far as trying to rework some hopeless fiasco, I don't go there.
My dad used to say he worked for a living, and did other things for fun. When other things became to pushy or complicated he said it was not fun, so why do it.
I also have a SX150 is, just a few steps from a 120.
I agree, I am far from a perfectionist. I take the photos I take to suit myself, not everyone else. If a little simple editing can improve one, I'll do that. But as far as trying to rework some hopeless fiasco, I don't go there.
My dad used to say he worked for a living, and did other things for fun. When other things became to pushy or complicated he said it was not fun, so why do it.
I also have a SX150 is, just a few steps from a 120.
Oct 26, 2011 21:14:49 #
JKious wrote:
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Because of digital, I will often shoot two or three hundred shots or more a day if I am on a photo trip. I too will throw many of them away. But the ones I do keep, I want to be a perfect as possible, (yes, I have an anal personality) so I edit them to my own personal standards. I get almost as much fun out of editing as I do out of shooting.
And to repeat. Photography, for me, is a synthesis of in-camera capture and post processing refinement to create what the artist saw in their mind's eye when taking the shot.
Cruiseship with Editing for Lens Corrections
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