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Photoshop guilt

  • 02-09-2007 11:39pm
    #1
    Markham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 102 ✭✭


    1246118292_36085bb78f_o.jpg
    Felt a bit bad that I had to play with the contrast to get this effect, but think the end result justifies it. Thoughts, anyone?

    In fact, I always feel bad playing with shots in post-production, am I alone on this? I guess the only way to toy with your contrast if you're a dyed-in-the-wool film purist was to use different film and paper in the developing stage, making Photoshop the new darkroom, yes?

    Taken with my new 30D/60mm macro combo.


Comments

  • #2
    Rojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 771 ✭✭✭Rojo


    can of worms... :P


  • #3
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,520 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    I'd feel more guilty about the watermark! :p
    Seriously tho, purists are purists simply because the ability simply wasn't there in the past and they developed methods to attain it. Just because its a lot easier now doesn't take away from the effect.

    If someone still complains about PS and claims to be a purist I'd ask them would they walk to work barefoot in the snow or take the car?:)

    Oh no, the worms, they're everywhere!:D


  • #4
    Fajitas!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,624 ✭✭✭✭Fajitas!


    Markham wrote:
    am I alone on this?

    Probably... :D

    There's no reason to feel guilty about it. 99.99% of my shots have had some post processing, whether it be a simple change in contrast, to changes in colour, perspective, etc etc.

    It's all part of digital photography.

    As regards film, for contrast, you'd have a choice of film, developer, exposure time, paper, filters for the enlarger, dodging and burning, again developer, and finally bleach...

    So there's no reason for you to feel guilty :)

    Now! For the photo! I think it needs a tighter crop, to get rid of some of the black space, and crop tighter on his head. Very nice though, contrast works in it.

    Congratz on the new camera & lens! :)


  • #5
    Markham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 102 ✭✭Markham


    5uspect wrote:
    I'd feel more guilty about the watermark!
    I know, but needs must in the world of scurrilous photo-pinching!
    Fajitas! wrote:
    I think it needs a tighter crop, to get rid of some of the black space, and crop tighter on his head. Very nice though, contrast works in it.

    Ta. It's one of the things I picked up working in newspapers - photo editors often like a bit of space to run text over, so I tend to subconsciously take roomy pics like that with a view to selling them on later.

    I would walk barefoot in the snow, actually. But not because I'm a purist, because I'm hard as fookin nails, wha'.


    www.flickr.com/photos/natlightphoto


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