Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree. And also suspect that as time goes on the "journalism" line (which most of us seem to instinctively agree on) will continue to creep toward the spectacular and away from the natural. ;~( As "journalists" themselves seem to be pushing it; whether in the name of stock sales or in the name of style. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Apr 20, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Harrison McClary wrote: > First I agree that almost all photos need "something" other than > the default RAW settings in Lightroom or whatever. However; > looking at his photos they are way over processed. > > Never did I make a straight print working news, always there was > some burning, dodging and in B&W sometimes bleaching to get the > print to look like what I "saw" when I made the photo. To expect > that there be a great straight shot just because we now shoot > digital is a little ridiculous. I keep thinking back to my old > friend from my Atlanta days who got in trouble a few years ago in > Charlotte for his "manipulation" of digital files. From what I saw > he did nothing wrong. the intent of his photos was not altered, > just colors SLIGHTLY pumped and backgrounds burned down, no big > deal, IMHO. > > Now these photos in the link Tina shared look like they came from a > cartoon, guy really needs to learn how to tweak an image without > going over the top. > > On 4/20/09 5:58 AM, Tina Manley wrote: >> The judges thought he used too much photoshop based on the >> difference between the photos he submitted and the RAW file. The >> photographer argues that a RAW file is not really indicative of >> what the scene looks like without being converted and that the >> appearance of the submitted files depends on which software is used. > > > -- > Harrison Mcclary > > Harrison McClary Photography > (615) 331-7794 > harrison at mcclary.net > http://www.mcclary.net > ImageStockSouth: > Stock photography from the Southern USA > http://www.imagestocksouth.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information