Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/09

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Subject: [Leica] Photoshopping truth - a polemic
From: tgray at 125px.com (Tim Gray)
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 11:26:17 -0400
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On Jul 09, 2010 at 10:30 AM -0400, Ric Carter wrote:
> But, as George has said several times, illustration IS what the magazine 
> ALWAYS does, and what it's readers expect.

True.  And it could have easily been explained in the inside cover with a 
"Original photo by ______.  Illustration/editing by ______."  Which probably 
actually WAS in the magazine, negating my original statement.  Something 
like that is easy to do, and helps prevent things from being misinterpreted 
to those who care to dig beyond the surface.

I guess in my field (science) when we publish things, we are expected to 
explain all of the pertinent details, even when they are obvious.  That way 
there are no misunderstandings (hopefully).  Take something simple like 
error bars.  They represent error, no?  However, there are several different 
kinds of error/variance that they can be used to show, and it's just easier 
to write a sentence explaining how they are calculated and what variance 
they show rather than leave it up to assumption.

Ultimately, it doesn't make a difference to me in this case.  I googled 
"economist covers" and looked at the image results.  99% of the ones that 
came up were indeed obviously illustrations.  One photo cover was of Bill 
and Hillary Clinton waving, arms around each other.  Presumably that had 
some heavy photoshopping too?  :D


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