JoeDios.com Forums - A Compliment on a Picture of Mine

05-14-2010, 07:28 PM	#11
General Scarlett Hell hath no fury.... Offline --> Posts: 7,646 --> Join Date: Dec 2006	I've got to echo DD......KUDOS on the compliment-its truly a sweet vindication when someone, let alone a professional, applauds this medium we all enjoy. And its not that I'm opposed to Photoshop, but for me personally it seems to take too long to do the touch ups, so I don't bother.......of course, that's an oxymoron in itself since I don't remember half the time how to work the damned program __________________ Non illigitamus carborundum~Vos mos non effrego mihi Coming soon: 'JoeSpecialOps'

05-14-2010, 07:52 PM	#12
Otto the Otter "Toot" Spelled inside out Offline --> Posts: 2,297 --> Join Date: Oct 2009	It's not that she thinks a "P-shopped" photo is bad, she's just a purist when it comes to taking pictures. She enjoyed a lot of the pictures on the site and did admit that the effects added, like laser fire, or jet blast, looked cool and added to the photo, but those with out looked just as good too. She's not a photo journalist, she takes a lot of scenery photos, some of which have been used in Arizona Magazine and travel brochures. She has a stipulation in her contracts that says no editing can be done except for cropping. I know what you mean about the nekkid lady books and their models. I've known a few fasion models in my day and yeah, a little bit of editing can go a loooong way. Some parts are edited that you'd never think of being editied. Too bad really, but it explains our desire for unobtainable perfection in women. __________________ The United States will conquer Terrorism with the help of God and a few Marines. Some people, when trying to avoid thinking about those things that cause them pain, turn to drink, or perhaps food, or drugs... I turn not to any of those... I collect action figures, turning my mind to the hunt, so that I might find a mote of peace... Over the years, I've found that alcoholism is much more socially acceptable by far.

05-14-2010, 08:34 PM	#13
Sonneilon aka 'Paul WS Anderson' ;) Offline --> Posts: 7,751 --> Join Date: Jul 2005	I think we DO have to PS our stuff. Hanging strings and wires would make us look pretty pathetic, don't ya think. And Star Wars without laser but colored sticks being thrown would be beyond B-rate! lol There is balance and well, some people can take the PS stuff to the next level. I wonder if she can tell the difference between a regular foto and a photoshopped one in terms of natural landscapes. And ask her what she thinks of CG.

05-15-2010, 06:46 AM	#14
SIC DETH frozn 4 awhile Offline --> Posts: 7,605 --> Join Date: Jun 2008	I havent gotten into the Photo Shop world and I dont think its necessary for dio pics. This doesnt mean thats its not cool thow. I do want a Photo Editing program for Gunfire,Fire,and some Weather effects!!! Its nice to see a good balance of Photo editing when there is good Stage/Setup in a shot. __________________ Whos Da Masta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrXSWI0oWHg

05-19-2010, 01:12 PM

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Photojournalists probably don't want to have doctored pictures because that alters what is really being reported/happening and throws off the context. Just by what she said, she's probably a photojournalist?

I was a Photojournalist and we all use Photoshop. Mostly to brighten, sharpen, color balance, and to remove dust spots sometimes. It is against our ethics to, for instance, remove a person from a shot, but it is isn't against our ethics to make the sky bluer, the clouds whiter, etc.

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05-19-2010, 03:12 PM

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Slightly different for microscopy pictures in science, but along those lines. You take 2-3 pictures all of the same field with different filters. 1 bright field to give cell count and morphology, the rest set to the filter of your fluorescent molecule/tag (usually red and green, although there are yellow and blue filters that cost more). One can mark a particular protein or cellular structure, and you then merge it all together in and get a distribution. It was fun and I hope to get back to it soon or later.

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05-21-2010, 06:50 AM	#17
Lowjacked The Stunt Double Offline --> Posts: 1,040 --> Join Date: Jun 2008	Photoshop is an awesome tool that can be used to enhance a picture or make a picture possible that is otherwise impossible to take. With that being said, there are universal factors that make or break a picture regardless of whether you are using photoshop or not. Posing is probably the most universal thing people agree on. Regardless of how well your setting and lighting are, or for that matter your muzzle flash and blur effects, if the figures are just thrown into the photo it really takes away from the sense of illusion that these are not little four inch plastic men. You put crap in, you get crap out! __________________ !!!Returning "Action" back to the "Figures"!!!