That certainly gives me some "food for thought". Thanks for posting that Cotty and Christian...
tan. Christian said: "A great quote from that article: > > "I hear the word manipulation forming on someone's lips. Yes, you're right, > converting a digital file to monochrome in Photoshop is manipulation, but > photography is manipulation from beginning to end. Your choice of lens is > manipulation; so is the way you frame, the shutter speed and aperture at > which you shoot, your selection of Fuji or Kodak color film if film is what > you're shooting, which frame you select from the contact sheet, or even > whether you print your selection on matte or glossy paper. How many times > have you waited until "golden hour" before shooting a landscape? Isn't that > manipulation? The reality is that "real life" doesn't look like a > photograph, which of course is one of the reasons that we take photographs > in the first place." > > I think I was making this argument recently. > > Christian" Cotty posted: "Bearing in mind the prevalence of the *ist D and others in the kit bags > > of folk on this list, I thought it would be worth mentioning this article > > I found while going through the back issues of The Digital Journalist > > (www.digitaljournalist.org). On the subject of monochrome versus colour, > > with film you load it and get that mindset on. With digital.... > > > > <http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0311/howe.html> " >
