Post editing is an art in itself. To achieve the look you want and not compromise the realism of the photo, you have to develop a critical sense of judgement and know what you are doing well.
Hmm...seriously, IMO really good photographers don't really needa do much pp.
Depends on individual to decide whether if it's necessary.
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Photo retouching and Manipulation began very early actually - The first recorded case of photo manipulation was in the early 1860s, when a photo of Abraham Lincoln was altered using the body from a portrait of John C. Calhoun and the head of Lincoln from a famous seated portrait by Mathew Brady.
Source: http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/farid/research/digitaltampering/
You may be right... at least that's a general rule I pose on myself. When not careful, too much processing may lead to unrealistic photos (probably that's the reason why i don't like HDRs and the famous Dragan effect).
Agree...I don't think so.. bad photos will still be bad photos even after a lot of pp... that's the point.
nonsense,Hmm...seriously, IMO really good photographers don't really needa do much pp. but there are of cos really bad photographers who are very good at pp as such their pp-ed pictures look better compared to some of those taken by good photographers. Any truth in my thought?
My photos process by themselves. Sometimes they serve cookie and tea for me.
You should try the whip. Works all the time... :bsmilie:How do you get your photos to behave? Mine keep trying to destroy the world...
Hmm...seriously, IMO really good photographers don't really needa do much pp.
there will always be people who sit around thinking of ways to put down everyone else across the boardThis is a really pain-in the ass thoughts you have. PP to enhance a good taken pic and PP to save a f**k up pic are two totally different stories.
Just a thought,
nowadays can anyone get away with printable shots without any pp? Seems like many nowadays rely on pp to make their shots look better. Even basic stuff like cropping or changing colour saturation etc.
Is it really neccessary? or can we just get away without it and print brilliant pictures?
Oh man... this PP or No PP is really BOM PP... Just do what you feel is right. You feel is nice then can liao loh, even if you PP all you like, still cannot satisfy everybody's preference :bsmilie:
Why not just shoot and do whatever you like, admire the image or share with the rest of us can get the same amount of comment and criticism.
;p
nonsense,
imo, if you can say that, i think you have a poor understanding of what photography is about
I don't think so.. bad photos will still be bad photos even after a lot of pp... that's the point.
This is a really pain-in the ass thoughts you have. PP to enhance a good taken pic and PP to save a f**k up pic are two totally different stories.
there will always be people who sit around thinking of ways to put down everyone else across the board
my suggestion to threadstarter is to think less, shoot more. :thumbsup:
Well... If you can get a better picture through pp, why not?
I don't think you can say that people who pp are bad photographers. The same kind of high quality meat can lead to different things would handled by different chef. A good picture is only part of the equation.
Oh man.... give some slack please. 5 mins for PP, are u rushing for dinner ? I'm sure those nice looking PP done on works such as DanielKHC takes more than 5mins right ? :bsmilie: