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<blockquote data-quote="Photosail" data-source="post: 219685" data-attributes="member: 16944"><p>Hello, </p><p></p><p>This is something I wrestle with all the time and argue with people. I agree that photography is an art form and there is licence to see the image in the way the artist would like to perceive it. Where the issue for me is when you cross the line between changing colour saturations or if you have changed the image by adding elements that were not there in the first place. I think realism in photography is what we strive for. Its a real problem in that we have so blurred the lines between what is real and what is fake. The bar has been set low we cross over it and don't even know we did. </p><p></p><p> I was once on an outing with a new photographer and she was about to take a photo and then turned to me casually and said I will just fix it Photoshop later. At which point I said NO take the picture right the first time. She thanked me later as I cut her post production time in 1/2 she told me. Ansel Adams used to complain about this subject too, but then would spend hours in the dark room manipulating a photo. </p><p></p><p>Its an interesting topic and that's why though even photo journalism photos are changed an manipulate to some degree, at least the moment in time is truly captured. </p><p>Regards</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Photosail, post: 219685, member: 16944"] Hello, This is something I wrestle with all the time and argue with people. I agree that photography is an art form and there is licence to see the image in the way the artist would like to perceive it. Where the issue for me is when you cross the line between changing colour saturations or if you have changed the image by adding elements that were not there in the first place. I think realism in photography is what we strive for. Its a real problem in that we have so blurred the lines between what is real and what is fake. The bar has been set low we cross over it and don't even know we did. I was once on an outing with a new photographer and she was about to take a photo and then turned to me casually and said I will just fix it Photoshop later. At which point I said NO take the picture right the first time. She thanked me later as I cut her post production time in 1/2 she told me. Ansel Adams used to complain about this subject too, but then would spend hours in the dark room manipulating a photo. Its an interesting topic and that's why though even photo journalism photos are changed an manipulate to some degree, at least the moment in time is truly captured. Regards [/QUOTE]
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