greenman Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 (edited) In that case what's the point in taking a picture? A picture is supposed to be natural, not tarted up afterwards to make up for the photographers incompetence. If you want a perfect picture ....buy a postcard, they even make the sea at Blackpool look Blue. The reality is that no photograph will be "natural", cameras simpley don't record images the way we see and even if your doing no post shot manipulation your still having decisions made for you by the camera(or the film) with reguards to things like contrast and saturation. One big issue with landscapes espeically is that we don't actually view the whole scene at once, you might look at the sunset on the horizon and the village in deep shadow in the foreground and see them both reasonabley well but not at the same time, Your eye adapts to the changes in light levels but the photo has to capture the entire scene at once with the film/sensor only able to capture a certain range hence the need to use graduated filters to darken part of the image or take multiple pics and merge them together. A proper use of photoshop, filters or darkroom techniques can actually make an image that appears much more natural, if your taking poor shots photoshop is unlikely to help you recover a natural look(for example if the highlights are badly blown out that detail is gone for good and can never be recovered) where as it can do alot to help make subtle improvements on well taken pics. In this shot for example I used a 2 stop graduated filter tilted to the left to darken the sky and stop the cloud blowing out then used photoshop in a number of areas. I brightened the entire image except for the very bright areas on the clouds to the left, brightened the top right corner of the sky to make it more even, added contrast to the clouds on right right to make them more uniform, corrected the distorition "leystoning" effect from pointing the lens towards a little to make the church straighter etc. Edited June 10, 2012 by greenman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 In that case what's the point in taking a picture? A picture is supposed to be natural, not tarted up afterwards to make up for the photographers incompetence. If you want a perfect picture ....buy a postcard, they even make the sea at Blackpool look Blue. You can equate it to overdubs in music. Why should Jimmy play guitar, if only to overdub parts later on? BTW, aren't you the one speaking of positive posts? You have misconceptions of photographers and what they do during the entire process of taking a photograph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zepscoda Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Fair Park, Dallas TX .....yesterday afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TypeO Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Sweet bokeh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahfin Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Aalesund, Norway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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redrum Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Aalesund, Norway I'd like to move the whole scene to the Mediterranean. :^) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenman Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) Edited June 14, 2012 by greenman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepscoda Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Cowboy Stadium as seen from atop the Ballpark in Arlington Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dandu Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 ^^^that is simply an awesome shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepscoda Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 (edited) The view from under the goal post at Cowboys Stadium (the Giants will be spiking the ball there this season) Edited June 15, 2012 by zepscoda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Go Big Blue....season tickets have been in my family since the 60's. I had three, trimmed it to two after that bullshit PSL deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Some shots I took from the past few years: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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zepscoda Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Go Big Blue....season tickets have been in my family since the 60's. I had three, trimmed it to two after that bullshit PSL deal. very cool pics Bingo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepscoda Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Last night at the ballgame...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Thanks zep.....a few more from Giants Stadium. I like this series, the first photo you can see the ball coming in on the upper right hand corner.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
why-att Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Celestial Voices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypeO Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I've been wanting to do some of these extended exposure water shots. Kinda like you see on calendars, greeting cards, etc. ISO 100 - F11 - 10 seconds It was getting near dark when I shot this, 8:53 p.m. That's how I got the 10 second exposure. ISO 100 - F22 - 3.2 seconds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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