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Jan 18, 2019 10:27:46   #
Nice shots. The engine looks like a restore in progress.
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Jan 15, 2019 23:39:04   #
Great shoots and an education. Thank you!
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Jan 13, 2019 22:34:45   #
Very nice shots.
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Jan 6, 2019 23:25:58   #
That's always what photography has been to me. It's what's in the photo that's the most important. How sharp and the positioning is a nice option if you have the time but disposable if it means missing the recording of something important or interesting.
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Dec 31, 2018 22:58:30   #
Congratulations!
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Dec 22, 2018 23:43:52   #
Very nice!
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Dec 21, 2018 13:59:27   #
Plieku69 wrote:
These two are unprocessed, you can see what a mess these sildes are.

I am not expert enough in Photoshop to fully restore them.
Ken


They are both still interesting. I actually like the 759 in an abstract sort of way. I think it would be great framed and hung on a wall.
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Dec 21, 2018 11:17:42   #
rond-photography wrote:
This is my first "new topic", and it may come across as a little bit of a rant, but I hope it helps guide some newbies.

Post Processing is dismissed by some as not being pure; the detractors feel that only photos coming out perfect in camera are acceptable.
I disagree, and I base that on over 40 years of shooting (so, yes, I have shot film!).

When I got my first SLR in 1971, I started shooting as much as I could afford - it cost money to buy the roll of film and money to get it processed (no option except to post process when you shoot film).

I was usually disappointed because my pictures never looked as I remembered the scene. Mostly, at first, I shot color print film. Skies were blown out. People were weird colors, etc.
It took me a while to figure out that part of the problem was the way labs processed the photos. When I shot transparencies (the jpeg of the film world - because it was pretty much whatever you caught on that slide was what you were stuck with, ala jpeg), I found that the camera actually could produce good photos, but the issue of color prints still bugged me.
Shooting black and white, then sending it to the lab, was no better.

Over the years, I came to find out that the award winning images that we see everywhere are NOT always Straight Out Of Camera. When I made my own darkroom, I found that there were tools such as dodging and burning that were commonly applied in a darkroom to almost every good print. Test exposures in the darkroom were the norm - you didn't just set the timer for 10 seconds and expose the paper - you made a strip test to see how long you needed to expose for the best overall image, and you saw where parts were blown out or under exposed and dodged or burned those areas, maybe even applying a vignette.

Color was trickier since home processing was less forgiving than black & white, but I tried it, and had moderate success (color correction was tricky and I never spent enough time or money to get that perfect).

Ultimately, I found that certain labs (not my corner drug store) could produce excellent prints from my negatives and stuck with them from then on.

In the digital world, we apply the term "Photo Shopped" to many images (but it should be post processing, since we don't all use PS any more than all photocopier machines are Xerox copiers). It is often used in a derogatory manner, sometimes deservedly so. It is definitely possible to over process a photo and make it look unnatural. This can be done to advantage for some subjects, but if every photo you take looks "crunchy", you might be overdoing it.
It is better to keep it simple and just use the techniques that were most often used (and most easily understood) in the analog darkroom.

I contend that you MUST post process. Otherwise, you will get those blah photos that the film users among us have seen again and again.
As the photographer, you owe it to yourself and your audience to process those photos in the best lab (your own), and not just take what the camera produces.
It is rare that I have taken a photo and simply exported it as a jpeg without it first requiring exposure, shadow, highlight, white balance, and sharpening adjustments at a minimum.
There have been several, out of about 100,000 digital images I have, that were good without any adjustments, but that is extremely rare.

In the digital darkroom, we use the same techniques used in the analog darkroom - dodging, burning, adjusting for the best exposure, etc.
I am a huge advocate of LightRoom because it most closely matches the analog darkroom - terms are different, but the results and techniques are the same.
PhotoShop, with masks, becomes more complicated, but also has those simple tools embedded in it, so keep it simple and make great photos,
but don't dis' post processing - it will improve your photos immensely.
This is my first "new topic", and it may... (show quote)


Are you trying to convince yourself or others? I ask because most people are closed minded about their opinions with def ears.

I see and appreciate many pictures run through picture makers. Personally I prefer to spend as little time as possible on computers (I spent 20 years as a programmer and system admin so yeah, I know computers). That includes cell phones. I play with my camera as a hobbyist and I'm not interested in post processing. I do crop some but even that's done reluctantly. Generally if it didn't turn out right straight from the camera I try figure out how I could of done it better then it's gone. It helps that I'm not interested in producing that major world acclaimed picture.

Yes, I see picture makers as a good thing for those that are interested and/or for trying to convey a message, especially if you only get one chance to take the shot. I even went through the trouble of learning one and I still wasn't interested, or should I say I lost interest. That's not to say that I won't be interested again some time in the future, but for now, thanks, but no thanks.

It all boils down to what the individual is interested in. One way isn't better than another, they're just different paths to the same place.
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Dec 20, 2018 23:16:12   #
Oh sure, get me side tracked. I went looking for a sound recording of the 759 and ended up reading about the difference between a saturated and super heated loco. I didn't find the recording but I didn't look all that long either. Thank you for sharing!
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Dec 20, 2018 23:04:12   #
Congratulations!
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Dec 19, 2018 23:19:23   #
Congratulations!
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Dec 19, 2018 23:16:05   #
I'll be working. Somebody needs to make sure the milk makes it to your table. I do enjoy seeing the lights as I drive around. Sadly there don't seem to be as many as there used to be.
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Nov 29, 2018 22:59:50   #
Rongnongno wrote:
Note: I did not type when you started as a photographer.


I'll let you know if I ever get one. All the advice I've gotten is good.
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Nov 26, 2018 07:31:46   #
Congratulations and welcome to the dark side.
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Oct 20, 2018 10:23:28   #
Cute! Thank you for sharing.
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