Mark Roberts wrote: > I was just doing some peer judging in the Pentax Gallery, getting a bit > depressed over the stuff that had been submitted, when I came upon one > rather dismal image that made me think, "I wonder what would happen if > I tweaked this in Photoshop?" All that was really wrong with it was > that the white balance was waaay off. Well, a with the eyedropper gray > point tool and my reaction was "WOW!" > > One single click - literally - would have taken this shot from instant > reject to eye-popping stunner. I realize that whoever submitted the > photo may have little experience, heck, might not even own Photoshop or > any other image editor, but I trust some of the people reading this who > submit to the Gallery do. > > I've seen dozens of shots submitted that could have been utterly > transformed with a simple curves adjustment or other simple tweak, it's > amazing. > > How valuable that advice would be to the submitter. It's really too bad that the judging/submitting is anonymous. You, as a judge, should really have the option of telling the submitter why you did or did not vote for the photo. In the long run that sort of thing might even improve Pentax's gallery as a whole.
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