photosbyjoe
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5/19/2009 3:37 AM
If someone were shooting film, and did a little dodging and burning in the darkroom....would you say that they had manipulated the shot?
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shatsi
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5/18/2009 9:57 PM
people normally do forget what they say until its brought to their attention!
Your just saying what everybody is thinking
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bobbysurf
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5/18/2009 9:00 PM
the top 6. jgarms... sorry you're against my photo... i think you have a great shot. thanks to everyone who's stuck up for me. bobby
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bobbysurf
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5/18/2009 8:58 PM
wow i missed a lot... photo is original, i did basic color correction, this is supposed to be for fun... i would want people to look up to my photo not second guess it. there is a lot of great talent on here and i'm just stoked to be in ...
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vimeliss789
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5/18/2009 8:50 PM
well he's winning now so apparently no one else is worried that it is not "original"
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Grumsby
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5/18/2009 8:29 PM
Cool, Now with the digital camera means digital enhancements and it doesn't leave much room for the pureist anymore. Gotta take the good with the bad.
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Grumsby
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5/18/2009 8:20 PM
Some of it's features aren't that hot but I got it for the macro and the super macro capabilities. I have since started to learn about aperature settings and shudder speed. check out the waterfall pics I took this last weekend. I like it.
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Grumsby
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5/18/2009 8:03 PM
No film here, I just have a point and shoot Fuji s1000. Your turn
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thedreamco...
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5/18/2009 7:48 PM
And so too, even into the forties, Any manip with the brightness and contrast made a photographer's style unique and memerable, as in the LOOK magazine covers!
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thedreamco...
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5/18/2009 7:47 PM
Well put, Naarta. I agree that some of the most wonderful photography in black and white was even brushed with a bit of rose to the cheeks or color in a curtain by the photographers of old.
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thedreamco...
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5/18/2009 7:33 PM
is a beautiful image you have posted here...you don't need to prove anything - anyone who is a photographer knows what you are talking about.
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thedreamco...
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5/18/2009 7:32 PM
And jgarms, it isn't that we agree or disagree, it is the way in which you speak to other artist's workmanship. I believe in most photos being as natural as possible too, and it
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thedreamco...
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5/18/2009 7:28 PM
Sounds wonderful Grumsby! I am really looking forward to that!
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Grumsby
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5/18/2009 7:26 PM
Right Sheri, Like we spoke, there will be a photo illustration contest soon.
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thedreamco...
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5/18/2009 7:16 PM
Right you are, Grumsby. It can be fun to add a background or to blur the edges a bit. I use a photo program to "sign" my art before I post it on Taltopia too.
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Grumsby
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5/18/2009 7:15 PM
Besides, I welcome all critiques because that way I learn. But tact is a skill that is hard to learn. So I bend both ways.
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Grumsby
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5/18/2009 7:14 PM
As I did here. I enhance to what I originally took. I am not a photographer like some people here (professional) I do it for fun and reference. What I do know is photoshop can be overused. I see it all the time and try not to.
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thedreamco...
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5/18/2009 7:13 PM
And it was stated that it was taken with a canon 30d, sigma 10mm lens, so that pretty much sums up the effect.
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Grumsby
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5/18/2009 7:11 PM
Woah! Here is my thoughts. I worked as a retoucher for a group of professional photogrhaphers for a year in Seattle. Big market. Every photo was touched either to despeckle or adjust saturation. I have always tried to keep to the original.
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thedreamco...
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5/18/2009 7:11 PM
I agree Janese. That seems the fair thing to do, not tell someone their photo should not be in this contest. That was very mean spirited to say on a hunch that it was manipulated.
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Janese
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5/18/2009 7:09 PM
I believe that we are all photographers, sir.
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Janese
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5/18/2009 7:08 PM
May I suggest to jgarms...why don't you start a seperate contest and make it a stipulation that no photo enhancement is allowed! That seems like an easy enough solution to your problem!
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Janese
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5/18/2009 7:05 PM
Personally, I think it's beautiful and unique! It gives us all an idea what we can do if we think outside of the box!
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Janese
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5/18/2009 7:04 PM
...and, unless the photographer went somewhere to get his photo "enhanced" (which is hightly unlikely) it IS an original!
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Janese
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5/18/2009 7:03 PM
I happen to agree with the girls...this is a forum where we depend on each others "positive" feedback. If you don't personally care for a particular photo...don't vote for it! I think working with Photoshop is part of the creative process!
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vimeliss789
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5/18/2009 6:59 PM
i agree completely! thedreamco...
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thedreamco...
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5/18/2009 6:58 PM
I think only informed people should post negative comments. Unless you know something for a fact, I suggest using some tact.
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vimeliss789
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5/18/2009 6:57 PM
why do you think that jgarms? i sense a little jealousy coming out here.....
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thedreamco...
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5/18/2009 6:56 PM
jgarms, why would you say that about SUNSET AT HOME? Have you gone out to the image and asked the photographer about it? He's very nice. It was taken with a canon 30d, sigma 10mm lens (like a fish eye shot, thats why it looks crazy).
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Janese
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5/18/2009 6:48 PM
With 30 days still left in the contest, I think it's kind of early to think that you don't have a chance, jgarms. Anything will and can happen in 30 days!
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