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Originally Posted by corry
...as for the post processing part of digi photo. i sometimes think its like cheating to tweak and change and alter a photo and i often wonder what the original image looked like.....i want my pics to be better SOOC so i guess thats why i'm here and absorbing info like a sponge but as with many other aspects of life in this decade, technology is a wonderful thing and can sure correct a multitude of sins. not sure if this is along the same train of thought as your orig. post but its on my mind so...there ya go.
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I used to think that, and then I remembered that post processing is a digital darkroom. Even waaay back when, photos were tweaked outside of the camera, not the ones that you picked up at the local drugstore, but the ones that professional photographers did. I remember sitting with my grandfather watching him do "selective coloring" in his studio and THAT was in the 70's. He did it b4 then , but I was not around then
And no matter how much post processing you do, you can NEVER save or fix a bad photo - I've tried
So, in closing, its not cheating (if you shoot in jpg your camera is processing the photo anyway) by using pp just adding to an already fantastic photo.
I am now off of my soapbox
Oh, and I do not miss film, mainly b/c I remember my little sister opening my camera (gasp) to see what was inside.