>Yeah yeah... :-) I didn't mean to start a thread about manipulation vs.
>non-manipulation (or did I)? No, I didn't really. Not without Mafud!!!
>
>I agree that there are various forms of manipulation. Any printing of
a
>negative, is a manipulation of sorts, as it's an interpretation of the
image
>on the film. As is cropping.
>
>The purist side of me does not like manipulated images. The pragmatic side
>of me says it's fine as long as the image is not presented as a unaltered
>photographic work of art. There's lots of reasons to manipulate an image,
>both personal & business related.
And regarding the original suggestion that started this thread: Correcting
converging verticals in photoshop is, for all practical purposes, no different
form doing so with a perspective shift lens. In both cases you're using
a machine to change the image to bring it closer to your own aesthetic ideal.
-
This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe,
go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to
visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
