I try not to. Only cropping and minor adjustments.
I have to admit that apart from not knowing a lot about Photoshop software, I jus dont have time to photo shop every pic I shot. :embrass:
browsing in the Gallery and read quite a lot here at forums, seems a lot do some sort of photo editing after shoot.
any rationale? skills not good enough, or this is just the "norm"?
i thought editing pics are kept to the minimum. except for artistic effects.
I only edit shots which are acceptable in my eyes. Those that can't make it gets the delete button. And since I'm converting the RAW files, I get to work on it at the conversion stage.
The main thing is processing helps you to deliver your final image that you had in mind when you took it.
Film -> Procecssing in Dark Room with chemicals etc etc
Digital -> Processing in Digital Dark Room with software
"saving" a bad pic can be done in the traditional dark room too. Trying to pull the exposure or hold back an over-exposed. So actually what are you so concerned about?
The main thing is processing helps you to deliver your final image that you had in mind when you took it. Saving is just one of the minor things that you can do. And not a main purpose of processing.
While digital bodies now are able to deliver decent straight out of cam pictures (provided you got all the settings right), a properly post-processed image will still have the upper hand.
For Digital -> Processing in camera and stored into memory card
Software processing of photo is already post processing, right?
Not sure if I mis-interpreted your posting. I guess you are not referring to me about being concerned, right?
He's not talking about the standard procedure of developing and printing, but active employment of "darkroom techniques" to better convey the vision.
Tks grantyale for the clarification on my behalf. You got it :thumbsup: heh.
Umeiko: Uh.. no. I wasn't referring to you. It was just a broad comment.
Anyway if you're talking about Digital being "processed" and stored into a memory card then the analogy is wrongly applied here. The film equivalent of that storing onto your memory card would be the exposure of light onto the film itself.![]()