Kenneth Waller wrote: > > > It's akin to choosing the correct film and exposing it accurately. The > > camera is too dumb to do that perfectly, >and it can't read the > > photographer's mind. > >Paul > > I'll agree with Ann on this. When I adjust black/white point, its an > admission that I've come up short as a photographer. Coming from my slide > shooting background, my goal is to get it right in the camera. > > YMMV > > Kenneth Waller
Yup. Well, what I really meant to say to Butch, I guess, is that it looks ok to me - conforming to my memory of the scene... and I do tend not to show images unless I feel I got it right without doing anything more radical than cropping, shifting the overall color balance a tad, taking out specks of "dust" which may be specks of stuff that exist in real life but are distracting. IF I had done the eye dropper thing though, would I still be able to claim at photo.net that the image was unmanipulated? ann > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: GESO: stuff from my bus/train trip > > Hi Ann, > I don't think anyone would say that adjusting black point in a digital image > is manipulation. There's no such thing as a "pure" digital image. The camera > is manipulating the image according to preset parameters. The photographer > certainly can adjust those same parameters to achieve the vision he or she > had hoped to record. In fact, I would say the photographer is obligated to > fine tune a digital image. It's akin to choosing the correct film and > exposing it accurately. The camera is too dumb to do that perfectly, and it > can't read the photographer's mind. > Paul > > > Butch Black wrote: > > > > > > Nice series Ann. I particularly liked bus stop in Redmond Ca. and morning > > > coffee. > > > > Thanks, Butch - I like to hear which ones stand > > out to different folk. > > > > >I liked the space needle but think it could use a bit of contrast. > > > Try using the black eyedropper on the needle if you are using PS, > > > Elements, > > > or most of the other image editing programs. > > > > > > Butch > > > > > > hmmm I think that would fall under the heading of > > manipulation and I > > like not to do that... I see what you mean, > > though, but just barely. > > > > I use photoshop elements 2.0, for the record. > > never used eyedropper tool. > > > > ann > > > > ________________________________________ > PeoplePC Online > A better way to Internet > http://www.peoplepc.com
