Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul: >If you take that image, mix it up with a few others, >distort perspective, add blur, and on and on, then I don't think it is >a photograph any more. That's what I think we should have a name for. What if you leave out the part about mixing in with others? I agree that a collage is not a photo. But if I can do it in the darkroom and it's called a photo, why can't I do it in Photoshop and also call it a photo? It's a pain to straighten out "falling" buildings in the darkroom. But it can be done. I'm not anywhere close to what I consider to be a good darkroom printer. So I figure that if I can do it, it must not be too hard. :) Same with adding blur. Both of those seem to be smaller manipulations, just beyond dodging/burning. Now, physically moving things around and adding/removing elements... that starts to get into the realm of "photo illustration" to me. -- Eric http://canid.com/