I thought this was an interesting review of an age old debate.
https://iso.500px.com/the-very-old-debate-of-image-manipulation/
https://iso.500px.com/the-very-old-debate-of-image-manipulation/
Every photo is a manipulation whether it rolls directly out of the cam.........
My view is that if I'm happy with the shot (as is) I leave it alone. Otherwise I edit it until I'm happy. The important factor in either case is that I end up happy with the shot.
What the author of the article may fail to realize, is that photography is subjective, just like any other art form. He seems to be a very accomplished photographer, so i question his reasoning behind writing such a lengthy article? I would think that he would be comfortable enough to take criticism and just let it roll of his back like water off a duck. The article shows that he may have some insecurities. Get over it man and keep doing what you do.
The dude obviously got called out for manipulating an image in order to increase its commercial potential and is looking into his soul for some justification that maybe, just maybe, he's still as authentic a photographer in his own mind as he was back in the days before he knew how to do this stuff. So if he can convince us he's OK then he's OK with himself.
That's not quite accurate. The Second Noble Truth, "All suffering stems from desire", I think, is what you are probably referring to and is one of the Four Noble Truths: The Truth of Suffering, The Truth of the Cause of Suffering, The Truth of the End of Suffering and The Truth of the Path Leading to the End of Suffering.The Buddhists would say you desire to be happy. Desire leads to suffering. Therefore, your happiness makes you suffer.
Note, I'm not a Buddhist, just sayin' what they say...
Yes, I very much DO think there is a difference between removing a power line and adding a beam of light. Both are manipulations, yes; but lets be clear about things like power-lines vs. beams of light. They're not really on the same level if you ask me. Beams of light like that carry with them powerful, even iconic, meaning or significance; if not for all then certainly for many. Power lines do not. Adding something powerful, to me, is definitely NOT the same thing as removing something as common, as routine, as a power-line.Even intent will be a hard case to make.
In the end is there a difference between me adding a beam of light because it is visually attractive or removing power-lines because they are visually unattractive?
When I shoot at 1/2000s and freeze a bee in flight, is there not the same intent to show something we do not see? Something that isn't there for us? The same for a 30 second exposure during the night, or during the day if you like.
Even intent will be a hard case to make.
In the end is there a difference between me adding a beam of light because it is visually attractive or removing power-lines because they are visually unattractive?
When I shoot at 1/2000s and freeze a bee in flight, is there not the same intent to show something we do not see? Something that isn't there for us? The same for a 30 second exposure during the night, or during the day if you like.
Good point. I don't think he attended The Last Supper eitherDid anyone ever ask Leonardo Da Vinci if he added those mountains behind the Mona Lisa or were they there in the first place?