[Leica] Picture of the Year Controversy

[nod at bouncing.org (Philip Clarke)]

I think the test would be to show the pictures to that woman and ask her 
which is more indicative of where she lives.

Harrison McClary wrote:
> First I agree that almost all photos need "something" other than the 
> default RAW settings in Lightroom or whatever.  However; looking at 
> his photos they are way over processed.
>
> Never did I make a straight print working news, always there was some 
> burning, dodging and in B&W sometimes bleaching to get the print to 
> look like what I "saw" when I made the photo.  To expect that there be 
> a great straight shot just because we now shoot digital is a little 
> ridiculous.  I keep thinking back to my old friend from my Atlanta 
> days who got in trouble a few years ago in Charlotte for his 
> "manipulation" of digital files.  From what I saw he did nothing 
> wrong.  the intent of his photos was not altered, just colors SLIGHTLY 
> pumped and backgrounds burned down, no big deal, IMHO.
>
> Now these photos in the link Tina shared look like they came from a 
> cartoon, guy really needs to learn how to tweak an image without going 
> over the top.
>
> On 4/20/09 5:58 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
>> The judges thought he used too much photoshop based on the difference 
>> between the photos he submitted and the RAW file.  The photographer 
>> argues that a RAW file is not really indicative of what the scene 
>> looks like without being converted and that the appearance of the 
>> submitted files depends on which software is used.
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