On Jun 18, 2011, at 6:45 PM, Jeffery Johnson wrote: > I am going through the captures I took this morning in between the rain. I > do mean in between the rain and I got lucky while out at Radnor Lake and > made it to their visitor center before the rain started and I hung out there > while it passed. Then as I began to walk around the Lake on my way to where > I parked I noticed another batch of dark clouds rolling in and I hurried on > to the car. > > Okay now on to my question. I have been looking through my photos and on one > of the fawns I captured today is a tick right between his/her eyes and a few > flies. My question is should I leave them or clone them out of the photo. > > Thanks, > Jeffery >
Others have basically said "take them out, no big deal." I partially disagree, and have to agree with the comment that it really depends on your purpose. If you are trying to create an illustration for a children's book, clone out the bugs. If you are trying to show a Walt Disneyish view of nature, clone them out. If you are a photojournalist in the field, trying to expose nature as it really is, then leave them in. My own preference leans to the PJ side, "tell it like it is, don't sugarcoat anything." For example, I have a pretty good picture of a hawk in flight. Reasonably sharp image which clearly shows that the bird is missing one or two primaries (wing feathers). No matter the technical quality, that image would never make it in any marketplace, but I like it because it shows an individual bird as an individual, not as just an anonymous representation of all other birds of that species. I could probably clone in a feather or two and nobody would know the difference but, for me, the image would lose value. You just need to figure out who your audience is, what your purpose is in showing them the image of the fawn, and then you can see whether it is better to leave in the bugs or take them out. Both answers could be right. stan -- 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.
