It's not about the money, Herb, it's about the vision. And for me it's about individual expression. When one reduces everything to the common denominator of "will it sell" a bit of soul, creativity, and individuality is lost. Picture by picture, bit by bit.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Herb Chong > the first one won't sell and the second one will. > > Herb... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 8:53 PM > Subject: RE: Don't need no stinkin' filters! > > > > IMO, the changes totally ruin the photo. The subtlety and balance are > > gone, replaced by overly saturated colors and an unnatural look. Many > > "images" manipulated and adjusted in Photoshop are done with too heavy a > > hand. One of the most obvious issues with the adjusted image here is that > > the natural fade of the landscape, foreground to distance, is lost - the > > balance is upset and the result is unnatural looking. >
