What's funnier is that it's such an unremarkable image. if he's done this on this image what has he done on more remarkable images?
-----Original Message----- >From: Walt <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Another PJ in trouble for Photoshopping > >On 1/24/2014 12:24 AM, Tom C wrote: >> On 23/01/2014 9:49 PM, Tom C wrote: >> >> The problem I see is that there's a basic assumption that the photons >> entering the lens and recorded on the media somehow represent THE >> TRUTH. I believe that assumption is flawed. >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> That's because your basic assumption is a flawed premise. The picture >> doesn't represent the truth, it represents a reflection of the truth. >> >> The Old Ones know the truth, but they have long since gone beyond the Rim. >> >> bill >> >> -------------------------------- >> >> I understand your point, an image is a reflection/rendering of a >> narrow reality at that point in space-time in the direction the camera >> was pointing. :) >> >> For "photo-journalism" to say an image is untruthful or has no >> integrity because an object is removed, is fallacious at best and >> hypocritical at worst, because a like image taken from a slightly >> different vantage point would also eliminate that object and still be >> considered truthful. If the object removed was done so with the intent >> of altering the message, that's different. >> >> Subtraction is the basic process of composition. Other alterations or >> additions have more to do with changing the integrity of the image. I >> have a real problem with additions or moving of objects in an image. >> Alterations to achieve a desired effect, be it exposure, contrast, >> saturation, are in many respects the bread and butter of >> non-documentary photography. >> >> Tom C. > >What's funny is that, with a wider aperture, spot metering, and some >exposure compensation, it might never have been an issue. > >-- Walt -- 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.
