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Comment by darkskies posted on Is It Natural? at 23/10/2012 - 17:24
Comment by darkskies posted on Hoverfly stack at 21/10/2012 - 21:54
Comment by darkskies posted on Our Great Photo Processing Shootout! at 21/10/2012 - 17:59
And we have. We have found that people view and interpret photographs primarily in an artistic and emotional way, rather than in purely technical terms - prefering what they individually perceive to be a natural and realistic 'norm'. To allow a purely technical comparison we have learned it will necessary to nutralise or equalise those artistic and emotional values, or at least agree a common starting point.
We have learned that to fairly assess different processing workflows effectiveness we first need to agree common aims and desired results. It is this part of the methodology that now needs to be worked on. You can all rely on my continued enthusiasm to keep you in the piture and involved.
But your enthusiasm to continue does you credit. Good luck. I'll be watching.
Comment by darkskies posted on Our Great Photo Processing Shootout! at 21/10/2012 - 13:28
Good scientists re-examine the facts and develop a new, improved theory.
Comment by darkskies posted on Our Great Photo Processing Shootout! at 21/10/2012 - 12:11
That's a great offer. This is on my shopping list but unfortunately not yet.
I'm currently in debt in my photography fund.
Comment by darkskies posted on FS: Asahi Pentax SMC f/2.5 - 135mm at 20/10/2012 - 14:07
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Payment sent. You can rest easy!
Comment by darkskies posted on Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC at 19/10/2012 - 14:43
Comment by darkskies posted on Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC at 18/10/2012 - 21:08
Comment by darkskies posted on Northern Lights at 14/10/2012 - 20:41
Comment by darkskies posted on A Welsh Sunset (or two) at 12/10/2012 - 20:50
1. No
2. No - its your picture. Its up to you.
It doesn't look natural to me. Highlighted by the purple stonework. I've had casts when stacking my grads. Sometimes I try to get rid of the casts. Sometimes I choose to work with them, just trying to make them more subtle.
Just like to add though, David, that if you prefer it like that then it's your photo, just do what you like. I sometimes see processing I don't like but a different photographer could well see it differently. I put photos in the gallery here and it's usually obvious from the lack of comments that perhaps the processing isn't always to everyone's taste. In fact, I seem to remember you not being keen on the tones of my Two Cars shot at Oradour.
We all have different tastes, and it doesn't matter if a shot doesn't seem natural to others if you like it. If your raison d'être, mind you, is to please others then perhaps it matters more.
I tend to do more pp on my stuff than you, probably, although some shots need very little.
By the way, when responding to Nigel, I didn't state a preference for either image version. But I'm looking forward to seeing the results of the full, more valid, experiment!