Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I don't think anything's wrong or immoral or nuthin' with digital image >creation or alteration but if the photograph is used in a documentary sense >then any digital work ought to be limited to very minor stuff (like getting >rid of scratches in the emulsion), 'cuz it's far too easy for an unknowing >person to put an animal in a habitat or context that is totally out of >character for that animal. Exactly. Nature photography is documentary work. Documentary implies that it's recording a representation of what is there. Of course, we know that photography alters the appearance extensively. It's two-dimensional after all (at least for now). The third and fourth dimensions are left out, except in blurred pan pictures. :-) I don't think we'll ever get to the manipulation thing being more common in editorial work that "real" stuff. People expect it, and readers are a lot more sophisticated about this issue than some people realize. I know because I talk about this subject with people at least three or four times a week as I go about my job. - -- Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.