Your photo is honest in that from the place the photo was taken and with the lens that was used, that's the way it is recorded. But it doesn't matter a lick. I assume you weren't photograhing the church to document its appearance for a buyer or even record it as historical record. If, as I believe, you were simply trying to create an attractive phooto, you are ethically free to alter it in any way you please. In the pursuit of an artful image, there should not be any rules. Rendering an image in pixels or film shouldn't be any more bound by arcan rules than is rendering an image in oil paints. Artists, and those who aspire to art, should be free to experiment. If not, photography becomes a mere recording device rather than a true art form. Paul ----- "Nick Wright" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, it is. But somewhere along the line I came to view one as > "honest" and the other as "dishonest." > > Not that it's that simple though. Because I think that a "straight" > photo can be dishonest as well. > > Which is something that I've also been thinking about in regards to > my > original photo. I like my shot quite a bit, but I cycled past that > church again the other day and I realized that it is not an honest > photo. > > The reason I believe that is because in the photo the tower appears > to > be much taller than the rest of the building, when in reality the > roof > line to the right of the tower in the photo is higher. > > I didn't think about it when I shot it, and then I didn't think about > it when I got the negs back. > > So what do you all think about that? > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Bruce Dayton > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Isn't just changing the lens or the angle that you take the shot, > > changing the perspective? It would seem that if altering the photo > > after the shot bothers you, then altering the photo before the shot > > should to. Just different methods of accomplishing the same basic > > thing. > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Bruce > > > > > > Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 5:06:20 AM, you wrote: > > > > NW> Thanks to all the folks who took time to comment on this last > PESO of > > NW> mine. I do appreciate the critiques. > > > > NW> One item I'd like to touch on is the concept of software > perspective > > NW> control. I'd been thinking about this recently before I'd posted > my > > NW> PESO and then Brian brought it up in his critique of my image. > > > > NW> I'm just amazed at how fast technology changes. The last time I > was an > > NW> active member of this list (granted that was 8 years ago) the > only way > > NW> to achieve perspective control was with a view camera or shift > lens. > > NW> Now you can get something of the same effect using photoshop. > > > > NW> I don't currently have any software with the ability to > "correct" > > NW> perspective, but an older laptop of mine had Elements 2 which > did. I > > NW> played around with it a bit but never could really get my heart > into > > NW> it. > > > > NW> I think it mainly has to do with all those years at the > newspaper. Any > > NW> alteration of a photograph like that just makes me cringe. > > > > NW> I'm curious to hear more of you all's opinions on the process? > > > > NW> On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Brian Walters > <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Nice composition but the tower gets a bit lost in the background > sky. > >>> > >>> Also, I'd try a bit of perspective correction to make the > verticals > >>> vertical and the horizontals, er...horizontal. It may not be an > >>> improvement but worth investigating. > >>> > >>> > >>> Cheers > >>> > >>> Brian > >>> > >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >>> Brian Walters > >>> Western Sydney Australia > >>> http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:52 -0500, "Nick Wright" > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> Here's another PESO: > >>>> http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/church-tower-2/ > >>>> > >>>> Comment welcome and appreciated. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> ~Nick David Wright > >>>> http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/ > >>>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > ~Nick David Wright > http://www.nickdavidwright.com/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
