Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Shooting with a filter when you know you are going to B&W holds better shadow details than PS'ing after the fact. If I know I want B&W with yellow or green filter, I shoot with a real filter. Better raw data and less tweaking yields bettter prints. Eric On 8/4/07, Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------- > >> I have a general rule: Use PS only for cropping. > > > >Come on. You can't be serious. Pay 650 USD for a cropping tool? > >Use it for everything it was made for. If used right, no erszatz > >about it. > >Exactly the same effects can be obtained in PS as can be with filters. > >With the advantage that you, after you made the shot, can decide > >which filter would have been the right option. > > I'd like to see some actual comparison photos, comparing filtration at > time of exposure vs. Photoshop filtration. My general rule for best image > quality is to do the best work I can at each step of the process rather > than > relying on fixing things later in Photoshop. I use PS primarily for dust > that I couldn't get off the sensor (& scratches for film scans), minor > color > tweaks, and cropping. I would think that proper exposure of the desired > color channels at time of exposure would beat pulling detail out of an > image > that was exposed primarily for an average blend of the channels rather than > for a specific channel. > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >