ann sanfedele wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: > >>The rare, portfolio-grade, shot will get additional attention in >>Photoshop. >> >I'd say the rare, portfolio-grade shots won't need further attention :-)
I wish that were true, but sometimes it isn't. True, most really great shots don't need a lot of work, but almost all benefit from some things that Lightroom simply can't do. This kind of thing was true even in the days of film: I have taken only *one* portfolio-grade black & white film shot that didn't need some dodging and/or burning; that was a "straight print". Two of my best (to me) shots ever required a lot of time in Photoshop - time needed not due to the enormity of the work that had to be done, but because of the subtly of it. Sometimes you just have an image about which you know "there's a great photo in there", but it takes a lot of time, work and care to bring it out. The trick is being able to tell when you're "bringing out a great image" and when you're "trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear". :) -- 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.
