Re: In Defense of Digital (cont.)

Scott Turner Wrote:
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> Excessive post-processing? Nah, no such thing.
> As I've pointed out before, ALL digital images are
> processed – they have to be, since what comes
> out of the most common Bayer sensor looks no-
> thing like a photo – and if you're shooting raw, it
> ain't "post", it's simply processing.

Righto, Scott!   I have struck out (stricken?) the "post-" from "post-processing", in my post at [ngdiscussion.net], above.

> As to the"excessive" part, that's a matter of taste
> and is completely subjective.  If it's done poorly,
> it's not because it's "excessive processing" it's
> because it's poorly done processing. I don't care
> for over-the-top saturation and contrast either,
> but what I, or you, consider over-the-top would
> most likely differ. I don't care for flat, washed-
> out images either and I see just as many of those
> as I do the other end of the spectrum.


I agree, Scott -

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."  Same goes for ugly.

But IMHO the washed-out images are merely boring, whereas the garish ones produce a visceral reaction up to and including itchy teeth – depending on the intensity thereof.  Also, most of the washed-out images seem to be best efforts by railfans who are not professional photographers to post scans of old and faded photos primarily because of their content rather than their innate value as stunning photographs, while the worst cases of over-saturation seem to be deliberate efforts to show off an expensive camera's extended low-light capabilities rather than to present a realistic illustration of an event that most of us have not been privileged to observe.

- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/22/2020 05:05PM by Russo Loco.