Originally posted by scalvert:
In that case, choice of sharpening or saturation is no diffferent than choice of aperture, focus or composition. Some people just make better judgements in this regard than others, either by nature or through experience. The digital realm allows a few more opportunities to polish [or destroy] your image. What you are seeing now in digital photography is analogous to the first decade of computer typography- script fonts in all caps, garish shadows, etc. Ugh! Just because you CAN use an effect doesn't mean you SHOULD, and the voters will tend to correct any problems as time wears on. |
I tend to agree with everything you said, aside from the last clause.
The voters are in general, the same people who enter the pictures. So they tend to renforce the issue, not correct it.
Though you are no doubt right, it is a generational fad and probably culturally divergent too. |
