So, let's say you've decided to photograph a landscape. You drive out to the area you want to photograph, set up the camera and tripos, take your time to carefully frame the scene, but at no time is the light just right. The sky is dismal, the shadows minimal and contrast is low. Do you take the pic anyway and then Photoshop (there's that verb again) in a nice blue sky with fluffy white clouds and boost the contrast and saturation to better depict what you were hoping to photograph in the first place - a nice, bright, cheerful landscape? It's done quite often to one degree or another. Or do you take what you get, and work with the ominous sky and darker, colors, work with what nature provided, adapt to the scene, and make a photo that's different from what you intended or hoped for?
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Powell Hargrave > I manipulate my images. Some times to better tell the truth. Sometimes to > better show what I want. Very seldom but occasionally to deceive. > > Powell
