Tradescantia Blue, Macro

[albert]

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One of the many plants in our prairie restoration project.

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[albert]

ZERO post-processing

[war]

ZERO post-processing

First, this is a beautiful image. Your prairie appears to be moving quickly.

Your disclosure that it was done without post-processing is very helpful. I never know if the images I'm looking at are essentially out of camera or significantly adjusted outside. I look at the photos in the LUF for enjoyment primarily, but I also look at the photos to learn from them. While there is of course nothing impure about PP, I'm personally inclined to avoid it. It's nice to study an image and learn from it without the burden of determining how much of it was manipulated to alter or enhance it. It would be nice (for me) if all photos were accompanied by this information but I'm not proposing that as I'm clearly in the minority and I also think we have too many categories and threads as it is.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[albert]

War

 

I'm with you, well said and thank you for enjoying this little flower.

[stuny]

Lovely.  I think it might be stronger with one bit of post processing:  Cropping four or five inches from heh left.

[fotografr]

We have these same flowers in our garden and they're beautiful. I can never remember their name.

 

With regard to post processing, we could have an interesting discussion about it. My opinion is that there is no such thing as a photograph that's free of post processing, even with film. If you accept that post is anything that happens after the shutter is clicked to affect the appearance of the final image, then it follows that the type of film used, developers, paper, etc., are a form of post processing. With digital imaging, processing is done in the camera before one even downloads the card. Even the type of software used for opening and sizing the image will have an affect on the final appearance. I've never viewed darkroom manipulation or digital post processing as somehow making the final product impure. They are, in my opinion, just part of the process.

[albert]

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Stuart,

Thanks for kind words and suggestions. They are important to me.

 

Brent,

I totally agree with you and nine times out of ten I enjoy fine tuning and sometimes complete make-overs that make me feel happy with the image. Part art, part photography. This time I just thought it would be fun to leave it alone. Thanks a lot.

[albert]

Common name: spider-wart

[war]

We have these same flowers in our garden and they're beautiful. I can never remember their name.

 

With regard to post processing, we could have an interesting discussion about it. My opinion is that there is no such thing as a photograph that's free of post processing, even with film. If you accept that post is anything that happens after the shutter is clicked to affect the appearance of the final image, then it follows that the type of film used, developers, paper, etc., are a form of post processing. With digital imaging, processing is done in the camera before one even downloads the card. Even the type of software used for opening and sizing the image will have an affect on the final appearance. I've never viewed darkroom manipulation or digital post processing as somehow making the final product impure. They are, in my opinion, just part of the process.

 

You and Albert are absolutely right, nothing we do is free of post-processing and certainly nothing about it is impure. I know even as a minimum  I’m dependent on my camera’s firmware, and the software I use to get an image up on a screen. 

I guess I’m living in the past - when I would retrieve my b&w prints from the drugstore and pour over them to see what I’ve achieved in order to improve my skills.  Yes I had a choice of films, but I didn’t have a lot of other options.  I couldn’t tell the druggist to  push or pull or dodge or crop. Those kinds of personal controls came later when I thought I was proficient enough to move into new areas. I guess the beginning of the end for me was when they put light meters in the cameras.....

 

In the end though this is an art and whatever it takes to make art is a good thing!

[Northwest Wanderer]

Very nice image Al. The colors are lovely.

 

Interesting discussion about post-processing. Back when I processed my film images in a darkroom I'd often manipulate the image (burn, dodge, crop, etc) but it was never thought of as post-processing the way it's viewed today. Even Ansel Adams would go to extremes with his processing. When you take an image that is not helped by post-processing it's a special treat.

[war]

Very nice image Al. The colors are lovely.

 

Interesting discussion about post-processing. Back when I processed my film images in a darkroom I'd often manipulate the image (burn, dodge, crop, etc) but it was never thought of as post-processing the way it's viewed today. Even Ansel Adams would go to extremes with his processing. When you take an image that is not helped by post-processing it's a special treat.

 

Well said.