Yes editing is far harder than taking the photograph originally. I typically take a look my results and let it rest for a week or so and look again.
Critical objectivity is hard but necessary. I find I initially may like a photo, not because it's good, but because it brings back the recent memory of having been there or the excitement of viewing the scene through the viewfinder and believing I had a good shot in the making. The brain can play tricks. Just because I like the subject, does not make it a good photo or composition. Or with the passage of time I may fine that a composition I liked may suffer from some oversights that can be solved by judicious cropping. In other cases, I might believe a shot to be ho-hum but then I see it's subtleties. When I see it repeatedly I start to fixate on those subtle elements that make it, and decide in the end that it's a keeper. If I have one exceptional image out of a 100, I'm happy. Many times I don't. Sometimes the day and my brain is clicking and I may have five or six good ones from one outing. Tom C. >From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: July PUG deadline today >Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:33:47 -0700 > >I think we're on exactly the same wavelength today, Tom. > >Edit. Build critical objectivity. Recognize that which is a good >photograph vs that which you're simply happy with because your puppy >looks cute. Etc. Editing is FAR harder than snapping a sharply >focused, well exposed picture. It's the first step into being a >photographer. > >But you know, speaking like this you're gonna get AnnSan to call you >"elitist" too. ]'-) > >Godfrey > > >On Jun 22, 2006, at 10:46 AM, Tom C wrote: > > > That's right... the PESO's are displayed standalone, not in a gallery. > > > > I'm not discouraging beginners. Even beginners can have some very > > very good > > photos. I'm encouraging somerthing that people at large who take > > pictures > > don't do. > > > > EDIT. > > > > The sooner a beginner or any photographer learns to do that, the > > sooner they > > will see their quality improve. > > > > Tom C. > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
