Forum: Photography


Subject: Bridges on Tevere from Castel S. Angelo, ROME

gallimel opened this issue on Jul 23, 2003 ยท 9 posts


gallimel posted Wed, 23 July 2003 at 11:15 PM

Hi everyone and thank you for this feedback :) DHolmen has perfectly penned my feelings about PShop correction. My idea is more.. try to reach the best with the basic you have: because those who really handle the medium well, doesn't need PShop, they can reach what they want without it. I long for the technique, basically. Like when I handdraw things, or when I paint oil on canvas. The greatest painters (well, I never even reach them but that's an idea) obtained perfectly structured, and realistic (like pictures) paints with no use of filters nor photoshop. That's why I treasure them like I do. They obtain the maximum from the medium, without.. "helps" other than their ability, eye, imagination. To bsteph, I don't like photo manipulation actually. Technically, what ratto and Michelle suggested me is acceptable in my book cos is something you can do also developing in a dark room your pics, so I COULD do that, as it's not image cheating, like filtering in unprobable ways images, that lose their "pic" characteristic that way. But before (I was writing this to ratto just now) allowin me to do that, I think I can and have to think better of my pics, because the mistakes I have done here are gross and lame, and if i would have only thought better of what I was doing, it wouldn't have happened. This is my point. Do when you do what's possible to do.. like you weren't possessing PS. Because sometimes a mistake uncorrected teach you more than showing an image that no one can guess the morphing (or altered contrast) about. Mistakes are a way to learn. and thank you all for keepin an eye on my troubles ;) David dear.. thank you also for the precious word :) Believe, I will ask more to you :)