"Boater" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message
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Ha. It's not difficult to see the photoshopping in reggie's latest
photos of his trip. In some of the photos, the "natural lighting" is a
dead giveaway of photoshopping. You don't have to be an expert in
photoshop to see it overused; you just have to have spent some time
outdoors in daylight.



You know, who cares if they are photoshopped or not? Apparently only
you.
Your complaint is that you don't believe in photoshopping a picture.
You have stated several times that you prefer "natural" as it would be in
nature.

Fine. Works for you.

As probably the least qualified person here with a camera, I see
photography as an artform as well as a means of accurately capturing and
image as it would appear in nature. In other words, I can appreciate a
modified image that has been enhanced for effect and mood. It doesn't
always have to be accurate to nature in order to appreciate the
expression of the picture as influenced by the originator in photoshop.

So, what's the big deal? Different strokes for different folks, that's
all.

Eisboch


It's not the photoshopping per se, it's the obviousness of overdoing it I
find distasteful except when it is done for a transparently bizarre
effect, like turning a sky green or suchlike. A little cleanup here, a
little touchup there, no problemo. You want to remove shadows under the
eyes or blemishes on the cheeks, hey, go for it. You want to slightly
lighten a dark hillside so some details show, great. I like subtle
touches. I prefer Mozart to Wagner.

I've seen lots of fabulous photos that have been photoshopped. But they
don't look photoshopped. That's the point, I think. Unless he/she is going
for the bizarre, a photographer skilled in photoshop produces final images
that don't look photoshopped.



Well, good.

I am trying to find some images one of my daughter-in-law's sent me. They
were demonstrations of using Photoshop or similar to produce photographic
artforms. They are unusual, to say the least, but some are very
interesting and quite beautiful to view. They may be on my other computer
which I don't have current access to, but when I find them, I'll load a few
on my website for you and interested others to view.

Eisboch