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07/24/2003 06:02:27 PM · #1 |
Put away the Photoshop and get out your thinking caps! A challange when the "challenge" is to present a completely unedited photo...no cropping, no color corrections, no changes whatsoever! Now that would be a challenge...striving to do our best right in the camera!
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07/24/2003 06:04:26 PM · #2 |
| I don't know that I want to download 6Mp images from everybody - and my screen is a bit small to show them too. |
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07/24/2003 06:05:03 PM · #3 |
| Thats the best Idea Ive ever heard. Not everyone has Photoshop. Keep it real! |
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07/24/2003 07:28:19 PM · #4 |
File size reductions would be the same as we now have, just not cropping or other editing!
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07/24/2003 07:31:41 PM · #5 |
Don't like it. My camera "expects" the images to be post processed. And why would you want people to enter photos that are not the best they could be?
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07/24/2003 07:37:56 PM · #6 |
How could you monitor this? It would be very easy for people to cheat and crop or edit there photos!
They could also use other programs like neatimage or paint shop pro to edit their photos.
Otherwise a great idea! Especially for those of use with crappy editing skills! Might also pay some people back for spending the cash on good cameras!
Lee
Lee
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07/24/2003 07:39:20 PM · #7 |
Agreed. A digital SLR is not designed to do the same type of processing in camera as a consumer digital camera. What's more, if you shoot in raw even basic stuff like white balance are part of the post-processing.
Finally, those of us whose cameras can not shoot at 640x480 or 640x427 would be forced to resize downward, but would not be allowed to sharpen to undo the softness added by resizing.
-Terry
Message edited by author 2003-07-24 19:39:49.
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07/24/2003 07:44:36 PM · #8 |
With the rules we have now our shots are pretty much _untouched_. We're doing close to the bare minimum now. Also several cameras have the ability to do in camera adjustments. Not sure how you'd monitor that type of challenge. [?]
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07/24/2003 08:31:28 PM · #9 |
Its seems I have struck a nerve with some of you! Heaven forbid that someday we ALL have photoshop and learn all the tricks...then everyone on here will be winning ribbons...tied for first place! LOL
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07/24/2003 08:35:59 PM · #10 |
| I have photoshop Bruster! But only use it to lighten/darken and resizing my photos. Most photos taken are to light/dark and need to be touched up, But thats it. I agree with you on this one. |
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07/24/2003 09:07:32 PM · #11 |
I've been amazed that I get comments which assume things have been done... e.g. "Would like to see what the original looked like". That IS what it looks like.
e.g. "Should have kept the color version". There never was a color version!
I do like the idea of no editing, but again, how do you monitor it? |
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07/24/2003 09:07:48 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by bruster54:
Its seems I have struck a nerve with some of you! Heaven forbid that someday we ALL have photoshop and learn all the tricks...then everyone on here will be winning ribbons...tied for first place! LOL |
That's partly because this has been suggested a number of times before. So if some seem a bit put off by it, it's because it has been discussed already.
I also hope you realize that being an expert in Photoshop does not automatically make you a good photographer.
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07/24/2003 10:11:01 PM · #13 |
| I agree that we should have a challenge with these rules. For those of you who don't agree ... it would be only ONE challenge, and it would give some of those who dont have the money or experience to use fancy editing programs to do a little better. You don't have to enter if you don't like the challenge ... |
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07/24/2003 10:19:42 PM · #14 |
Asking not to use Photoshop with digital photography is like asking a photographer not to use the darkroom when printing from his negatives. It doesnt' make sense.
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07/24/2003 11:05:48 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by DrJOnes:
Asking not to use Photoshop with digital photography is like asking a photographer not to use the darkroom when printing from his negatives. It doesnt' make sense. |
Right on DrJOnes! Or asking a painter to use just one brush, its part of what makes photography art.
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07/24/2003 11:09:21 PM · #16 |
Check out this guy....Scott Mutter //www.photographymuseum.com/scottmutter.html
wonder what he could do with photoshop!
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07/24/2003 11:27:42 PM · #17 |
Wow! thanks for that link!
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07/24/2003 11:33:21 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by punkdyke:
I agree that we should have a challenge with these rules. For those of you who don't agree ... it would be only ONE challenge, and it would give some of those who dont have the money or experience to use fancy editing programs to do a little better. You don't have to enter if you don't like the challenge ... |
*sigh* every time this comes up, we get the same comment about 'expensive tools'.
There are a variety of free editing tools that are more than capable of doing all the editing that you ever see done on dpchallenge within the current rules.
Here's a starting point
Free Windows Image Editors
There are 6 there, that are all free.
Another 9 These are 'budget' priced (about $30)
Image finishing is a part of digital photography, in much the same way that film processing is a part of traditional photography. Even with a disposable camera, someone, somewhere does a lot of additional work to the film before you get your final prints. |
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