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excellent post..i couldnt have said it better! while all of us have "lucked out" from time to time when conditions were just right and had good soc shots its a more a case of the tail wagging the dog.
instead of you controlling the situation you rely on things being just right and more ofton then not they arent.
we were out yesterday morning at sunrise to shoot some bridge shots.here we are in the golden hours ,the best light of the day and the results were as flat and lifeless out of camera as can be...
what you shoot for yourself is one thing as we all have photos that mean something to us, but if your doing for others to view then thats very different.
its like a musician who plays and writes what he likes for himself vs what he has to play and write for others so it holds their attention.
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instead of you controlling the situation you rely on things being just right and more ofton then not they arent.
And many purists might argue that you shouldn't try to control the situation and that by processing, you are putting your own interpretation on the image. But that happens just when you click the shutter. When we choose what to frame in and what to crop out of a scene, how to compose the objects in a scene, what to keep in focus versus out of focus, what shutter speed to use, we are applying our own interpretation. Whether it is a conscious decision to choose f-stop, shutter speed, ISO, white balance, or the camera choosing based on auto parameters, an interpretation is being made every time the shutter button is clicked.
Two different compositions of the same scene from almost the same spot. The focal point changes based on the way I decide to compose.
usually what it means when most folks choose to shoot jpeg and straight out of camera under the purist claim is that they really have no interest in learning to post process or take the time . its more trendy to just take the purist stand point and not have to learn.. i tend to think anyone interested in progressing in photography has to learn as the photos above demonstrate no matter how good you think they are soc they are not at their best most of the time.
i bet we can all take a photograph and pass it around and each one of us edits it and each time it gets better and better as the next person elevates it ,kind of like we just did. i bet the next person can take what you did to my already edited photo and find things to improve upon that... it would be an interesting experiment one day.
I went for a hike and returned home to find this lass bedded down in the thicket of the backyard. Apparently, I surprised her offspring (that seemed rather young for this time of year) and it surprised me; however I wasn't the one to start the chase around my Jeep. I think it wanted to play more than anything (or that is what I tell myself) but she didn't even bat an eye.
And we had an audience:
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I think it wanted to play more than anything (or that is what I tell myself) but she didn't even bat an eye.
