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I just finished reading a Photography magazine I picked up at the airport. Gorgeous photos of landscapes, people, flowers etc. Yet, as I read the discussions of the photo I found the Aurora was enhanced to appear larger, the mountain was moved to balance the scene, the shadow effect was added to make the flower petal close ups "pop"?
It made me wonder if anyone posts picture as they were shot.
I am not talking about the age old exposer, contrast, color balance and filtering methods that have been around since the days of black and white film to capture and image closer what the eye sees. But rather the creation of an image, based on a real object, but only existing in the camera pixels, never to be seen in real life.
There is absolutely no doubt that these photos were fine pieces of art that the maker can be justly proud of. But it made me wonder, "Is there any interest in photos that depict what the eye sees?'
I use a digital camera now. How do I get an "as they were shot" photo?
Thirty years ago I used to shoot color transparency film and that was pretty much the photo as it was shot.
Thirty years ago I used to also shoot negative film and I never took my negatives and framed them. So what was "as they were shot" when I used negative film? I took the negative film into the darkroom and made a print. You say you're "not talking about the age old exposure, contrast, color balance and filtering methods that have been around since the days of black and white film to capture an image closer what the eye sees." I always used those darkroom methods to get an image that was better than what the eye sees. Nobody told me I was supposed to be trying to get closer to what the eye sees -- I must have missed that lecture.
Were the slides "as shot" but the prints from negatives weren't? And how do I get an "as they were shot" photo from a digital camera?
Joe
Exactly right!