--- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So when you do these manipulations, is the intent to make
things look
> as real as possible, introducing no biases of your own?
That depends entirely upon the intent of the photographer for
each photograph they might be inspired to create.
Certainly a photograph made for purposes of documentation and
historical record should be rendered as accurate to the original
scene as possible, where a photograph used to illustrate or
express an emotion has more aesthetic latitude in its rendering.
This is no different from film-based work.
> ... Or is there some aesthetic latitude given, perhaps
analogous to
> choosing a particular film becuase of a certain visual
treatment that
> it renders. ...
Yes, it is precisely analogous to choosing a film and processing
treatment to achieve a visual effect. The difference is that you
can choose the rendering you want after you've made the
exposure, allowing more flexibility to the process.
To get back to my original statement, there is no "digital
look". A photograph recorded with a digital camera looks as it
ought to, as a capture of light without defects intrduced by the
capture medium.
Godfrey
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