Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have thought the same thing about AA and Gene Smith too. The bird photo is excellent. Ken Sent from my iPad > On Oct 31, 2020, at 12:03 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > ?How does it make a difference. as long as you enjoy it, and as long as it > is not seen under false pretences? After all, in all other forms of > artistic endeavour, no restrictions are placed on, or, indeed, accepted by > the artist. I have never understood why photographers are constantly shamed > by their peers to labour under a different rule. My guess is that we place > these restrictions on ourselves because anybody can be technically > proficient, given endless practice and learning by rote, while a very > miniscule percentage of photographers can be imaginative enough to be > artistic, or original. > > IMHO, the first person to take advantage of this technical wizardry that is > available at our fingertips today would have been Adams himself, with his > penchant for plenty of manipulation in the darkroom. He would have reveled > in it. Most of us use Photoshop (or any other PP software) to a far lesser > extent. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > >> On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 9:40 PM Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com> wrote: >> >> Oh great... now everyone will be making (not taking) Ansel Adamesque >> pictures on a sunny day. >> >> On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 02:45 Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Atomic post - mind the fallout ;-) >>> >>> But might prove handy in some cases >>> >>> Amities >>> >>> Philippe >>> >>> >>> >>>> Le 30 oct. 2020 ? 20:42, Ken Carney via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a >>> ?crit : >>>> >>>> The Photoshop update last week (v. 22.0) includes a sky replacement >>> feature, something I'm not really interested in but of course I had to >> try >>> it. It would be great for real estate photographers, though. This is a >>> pano I took at Ghost Ranch in 2015, with a sky from Ghost Ranch taken 20 >>> years earlier. Also I see the update includes "neural filters" so you >> can >>> make someone smile or frown etc. I'm guessing that Adobe has pretty much >>> run out of features for the average photographer. >>>> >>>> Ken >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kcarney/Ghost+Ranch.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> -- >> Ken Iisaka >> first name at last name dot org or com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information