"Leo Lichtman" <l.lichtman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "KatWoman" wrote: (clip) it is always easier to make a photo as good
as
> possible and avoid PS
>> excessive corrections
>> poor photos can be improved with PS but will not look as well as a shot
>> taken correctly in camera
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> A camera is a "machine," with physical and optical limitations. I
almost
> always do some digital work on my images to accomplish results that were
> not fully realized in the original image. I think your statement goes
way
> too far. Some failures in the original exposure are very difficult
> (virtually impossible) to Photoshop away--for example, severe
> underexposure, camera movement, poor focus, poorly chosen angle of view,
> inappropriate focal length. OTOH, things like contrast, brightness,
> background blur are easily manipulated. Even facial expression can
often
> be improved. The more you work on pictures, the easier it becomes to
> recognize small ways to make worthwhile changes, I LOVE to play with
> local contrast in order to help the viewer see what I want him/her to
see.
> I sometimes move objects in a picture to improve composition.
>
> One of my best examples was a picture made by combining parts from
several
> exposures of dancers, taken in a crowded room, where the ideal
photograph
> would have simply been impossible. The result was a picture that
> represented the "reality" I had in my mind's eye. I think this is a
valid
> use of Photoshop. I frequently also like to go through a photo made
with
> flash, and remove the harsh shadows cast by the single light source.
>
> You may be right, that an umbrella, or a shower curtain, or a diffuse
I did not say avoid PS entirely '
read what I typed avoid EXCESSIVE PS to correct what should be in the
original IE good lighting
of course I use PS to tweak most images from good to fantastic
that is my job
crap to fantastic is harder
this man is asking how to fix POORLY LIT PHOTOS
I advise him to reshoot over fixing crap
I may be right??
I am right
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