Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/07

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Subject: [Leica] reuters moron fired for not knowing how to use photoshop yet
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Mon Aug 7 10:55:06 2006
References: <C0FCEA76.13779%bd@bdcolenphoto.com> <44D77A86.5080609@waltjohnson.com> <7.0.1.0.2.20060807134232.02554a68@infoave.net>

And even I agree with that.

He didn't add buildings, though: just a result of his awful cloning  
technique.



Op 7-aug-06, om 19:46 heeft Tina Manley het volgende geschreven:

> At 01:38 PM 8/7/2006, you wrote:
>> One thing I keep coming back to is the original issue of  
>> "fakeness". You say altered, I say enhanced? You say potato and I  
>> say American Fries?
>>
>> Walt
>
> But, Walt, he didn't just increase the contrast.  He added smoke  
> and the, the Reuters site says, cloned buildings.  I think adding  
> contrast and adjusting levels and color balance are fine, as long  
> as they don't intentionally change the meaning of the photo (for  
> example, darkening OJ's skin).  Adding and subtracting things from  
> the photos are fine for fine art, portraits and advertising, but  
> not for photojournalism.
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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