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Re: this week's Hot Pic - ??Whatever happened to Jerry Uelsmann from the 60's - 70's???

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[MarineChief]

RE: Hot Pic...

Do you ever publish a 'hot pic' that has had NO editing? I would like to see some photos taken (utilizing the 'rules' or whatever) that don't require any adjustment after the shutter release - just the photographers skill.

What say you??

[Loves2Read]

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RE: Hot Pic...

How easy is it to tell if the photo has been edited prior to sending it in--
sorry if that shows how little I know about digital photography and editing--
but that is prime reason I am reading this column as it is...

[peterblaise]

MarineChief, on 20 March 2012 - 06:41 AM, said:

"... Do you ever publish a 'hot pic' that has had NO editing? I would like to see some photos taken (utilizing the 'rules' or whatever) that don't require any adjustment after the shutter release - just the photographers skill ..."

Do you mean like Ansel Adams?

Why, pray tell, should any photographer limit themselves to the qualities fo the capture device?

[mainer2077]

Digital Photography is about so much more than just producing an image straight out of camera. I do appreciate unedited images, but I also like seeing how others are using various editing and processing techniques. To me, it's all about having fun with my digital camera and learning new things.

[Bill21208]

mainer2077, on 26 March 2012 - 05:17 PM, said:

Digital Photography is about so much more than just producing an image straight out of camera. I do appreciate unedited images, but I also like seeing how others are using various editing and processing techniques. To me, it's all about having fun with my digital camera and learning new things.

That's no longer 'photography'. Now you're talking about computer skills and graphic design. What MarineChief is talking about is the essence of photography! The skill... the eye... of the photographer. Not the skill and technique of the computer manipulator. (Which is also valuable, but different!)

[jimplumley]

One can't dismiss the beauty of these pictures (notice I didn't call them photos), but at what point is this contest no longer about photographic ability - location, timing, lighting, content, equipment? The use of software editing forces the skill of the photographer to become secondary, with a software designer's expertise taking preeminence, altering the originals into a vague surrealism. How long before we start seeing submissions of teary, saucer-eyed little children or more dogs grinning up at us with human teeth? Tighten up the rules or rename the contest to "Hot Drawing of the Week."

[RichardRanney]

Bill21208, on 06 April 2012 - 09:11 AM, said:

mainer2077, on 26 March 2012 - 05:17 PM, said:

Digital Photography is about so much more than just producing an image straight out of camera. I do appreciate unedited images, but I also like seeing how others are using various editing and processing techniques. To me, it's all about having fun with my digital camera and learning new things.

That's no longer 'photography'. Now you're talking about computer skills and graphic design. What MarineChief is talking about is the essence of photography! The skill... the eye... of the photographer. Not the skill and technique of the computer manipulator. (Which is also valuable, but different!)

Certainly yoou are right that "it" is no longer photography. To me, the goal is the artistic quality of the picture I present to myself and to the world; the "making" of that includes editing and processing, and including the matting and framing. It is the resultant full visual experience that matters.

Richard

This post has been edited by RichardRanney: 08 May 2012 - 02:58 PM