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05/03/2006 09:24:13 AM · #1 |
I just wanted to say when you are voting in basic editing, when looking at composition I hope you might keep in mind that if something seems to be composed wrong, it may be due to the fact that there was a distracting element that shouldn't be in the photo. Since cloning is not allowed, sometimes if a wire or light will be in the photo, it has to be left out, which might make the photo seem incomplete. Hope you don't cut down too many points on subjects that may seem slightly out of balance. Hope that other aspects are looked at, such as focus, clarity, exposure, etc.
Hope this helps in your voting. Thanks for the read from all of you who look at this thread. |
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05/03/2006 09:28:19 AM · #2 |
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05/03/2006 09:59:22 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by gooc:
of course :-) |
ditto :O)
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05/03/2006 10:06:26 AM · #4 |
Gotta take the Devil's Advocate role here. I understand your point, BUT... I still don't see this as being a good excuse for submitting a bad shot (not that I haven't personally submitted my share of bad shots).
While basic editing is rather limiting, it FORCES you to be a better photographer. I get really frustrated when I see people go nuts cloning stuff out of Advanced editing challenges as a replacement for taking a good shot in the first place.
Use these challenges as an opportunity to overcome obstacles creatively, rather than taking the easy way out with the clone tool.
Message edited by author 2006-05-03 10:10:22. |
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05/03/2006 10:11:32 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by alanfreed:
Gotta take the Devil's Advocate role here. I understand your point, BUT... I still don't see this as being a good excuse for submitting a bad shot (not that I haven't personally submitted my share of bad shots).
While basic editing is rather limiting, it FORCES you to be a better photographer. I get really frustrated when I see people go nuts cloning stuff out of Advanced editing challenges as a replacement for taking a good shot in the first place.
Use these challenges as an opportunity to overcome obstacles creatively, rather than taking the easy way out with the clone tool. |
/crying
but what about sensor dust we all hate so much ? :-)
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05/03/2006 10:14:35 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by alanfreed:
Gotta take the Devil's Advocate role here. I understand your point, BUT... I still don't see this as being a good excuse for submitting a bad shot (not that I haven't personally submitted my share of bad shots).
While basic editing is rather limiting, it FORCES you to be a better photographer. I get really frustrated when I see people go nuts cloning stuff out of Advanced editing challenges as a replacement for taking a good shot in the first place.
Use these challenges as an opportunity to overcome obstacles creatively, rather than taking the easy way out with the clone tool. |
I agree with this. While I am not doing well in challenges (with one exception), I am learning a lot about this. I've learned sometimes to just not take the shot because of something distracting. Sometimes there's a creative way to work around it. Sometime's it's better to move on to something else. |
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05/03/2006 10:16:12 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by gooc:
but what about sensor dust we all hate so much ? :-) |
I'll agree with you there... I have always been in favor of allowing sensor dust to be removed from shots. I consider that to be more of a camera defect (along with hot pixels) than a photographic mishap. |
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05/03/2006 10:18:29 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by mad_brewer:
I've learned sometimes to just not take the shot because of something distracting. |
I had a photography professor in college who dwelled upon that exact statement the whole semester, and that has always stuck with me. That was back in the dark ages of the 80s when we had this weird stuff called "film," but I still feel strongly about that in the digital era. |
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