On Dec 7, 2011, at 8:17 AM, Evan Hanson wrote: > I've noticed that lately a lot more people seem to favor very > contrasty overly saturated photos to a more natural look. Has anyone > else noticed this trend? Maybe it's due to the proliferation of small > digicams and camera phones whose jpgs tend to be very contrasty by > default.
Some people like photos with punch, pop and sizzle. My take is that some images work well that way, others don't. In the same vein I don't condemn every image done with over the top HDR and tone mapping, but feel that it is often over done. One of these days I'll learn the tools well enough to get a natural looking wide dynamic range. Though judging based on my K-5 versus the K20, by the time I get around to learning how to do it in software, the sensors will be able to collect that dynamic range in hardware. My kvetch is with portraits where the skin tones are over exposed enough to, if not wash out, then lose most of the detail. I think of it as "The canon look", probably because the friend of mine that shoots a lot in that style shoots a canon. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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.
