These pictures are © Michael Mossiagin's. I just tried to make some different versions as a little experiment. Done with the simple Google tools here. These tools we find using the "Photos" tab of the upper part of our profiles, (which offer more possibilities than the tools when using the Photo tab on the left side).
Nice work! All have got something to say for them. However No. 2 looked to my eye, to be a favorite. Of course with all work of tis sort, beauty is in the eye of the beholder! :-)
ReplyDeletethank you very much Naturpunkt by Gina M. for this impressive demonstration! #2 is my favourite as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your interesting feedback Oshi Shikigami. I like the version N°2 as well, as it is close in expression to the original picture. Certainly such is always in the eye of the beholder :-)
ReplyDeleteMichael Mossiagin I am glad, that you found it interesting, it was just a very spontanous idea :-) As i have no photoshop, nor use other photo software, i think i have gone through all the "minimal" possibilities which are available most quickly in case of need. Picasa also offers quite some possibilities, which are not complicated, but there i usually just use the cropping, contrasts and light tools.
ReplyDeleteJust want to add, that you don't have to worry, that i use your picture/s otherwise, than i had for this little demonstartion!
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ReplyDeleteThis is my opinion. Others do not agree. And that is what makes PHOTO an ART.
If you are a true journalist, you need to tread very lightly with any edits. But for everyone else, edit, or at least evaluate them for possible edits!
I think almost all shots, even by the best and famous, benefit from some tweaking. The "perfect" picture is extraordinarily rare. Even for the well practiced. Nearly all could use at least some polish, a crop, brightness, contrast, at a minimum, at least one or two of these.
But, I also believe that inside those "good" shots are often a "Fantastic" one waiting to get out! Some local work on smaller parts of the picture, varying contrast, exposure, or color balance, within the shot. Teasing a little more sharpness here, a bit of blur there... The potential is huge. Much to be explored, and some to be ignored too. But you don't know until you try!
Oshi Shikigami thank you for your opinion Oshi! I tend to agree. Editing and post processing opens a whole new world of possibilities with regards to the emphasizing certain aspects of the composition.
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of people just don't think of the potential that is there. They are either lazy, not truly evaluating the shot.
ReplyDeleteOr, feel some bizarre purest theory or cult, that have no problem with whatever exposure tricks you use before shooting, and is fine, HOWEVER you totally cannot edit it post exposure, for some semi-religious conviction, it is is a sin of some sort?
Sorry, I know there are good and great photographers who sincerely look at it entirely different than I. But as I said, it is an art-form, and you can have that diversity. And I believe that.
Oshi Shikigami thank you for your thoughts, i find them interesting and yes, as Michael said, one can get out a lot even with simple tools. In my case for example i sometimes like to put an emphasis on something or also just for experimenting and see, how a picture can change.
ReplyDeleteYes, you never know for sure until you try. it only costs a few moments, but, if you don't like it, you can always go back. (If you remember to work on a duplicate, or use RAW.)
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