I am ok with manipulation, and in my own novice way I do work on my own images. I just think that some are too extreme in that they go beyond what the human eye would be capable of seeing. A hyper-realistic effect where the key elements are exaggerated to the point that makes them unreal. YMMV. I just went back through the set looking for specific examples, and found that I was a bit more sanguine the second time through. But it still just does not feel right to me to have a bright reflection off the rocks when the sun is so dim. I think the shots where he did not use dramatic lighting as an element are quite impressive.
stan On Apr 19, 2011, at 9:26 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > On Apr 19, 2011, at 9:00 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > >> There were a few of these that I quite like. And there were many that almost >> made me want to gag. E.g., the 1st, 2nd, 3rd . . . Pretty much any of them >> with the sun as an element in the photo. Either with ND filters or with post >> processing he was darkening the sun and/or lightening the sunlit foreground >> to a point that was way beyond natural. > > I disagree. I find the first thee shots superb. The shooter obviously had to > at least do some burning and dodging to get this effect and quite possibly > employed filters, but the resulting look is much like the human eye and brain > might record with normal correction of the scene. And the overall result, > to me at least, is very pleasing. Manipulation of values is a valid > photographic tool. Take Ansel Adams scenics for example. And the reality of > what a camera can capture without manipulation isn't exclusively valid. > Paul > >> It is just not possible to have a reflection that is brighter than the >> object being reflected. The shots that didn't involve such gimmickry were >> quite nice. It seems that, like with most breakthrough products, there is >> great potential for evil as well as good. >> >> stan >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
