PoTM October 2010 - 'RB meet special' month! - poll is up!

[kaiser]

Cheers folks

 

[Pickle]

Cheers folks

Indeed.

Kaiser takes the win this month.

 

[Deveron53]

Are there any rules about how much photoshopping is allowed?

 

[Solo]

kaisers pic is awesome to be sure

It's really a stunning pic and altough there are real people in the background
it has the same feel as these http://little-people.blogspot.com/

Stef

 

[Deveron53]

kaisers pic is awesome to be sure

It's really a stunning pic and altough there are real people in the background
it has the same feel as these http://little-people.blogspot.com/

Stef

That's because the background and foreground have been blurred in photoshop. I'd love to see the shot as it was taken and before the 'trickery' as I think most shots look better without...

 

[michael franks]

chrisv40 - 'take the weight off your tyres'

 

[kaiser]

kaisers pic is awesome to be sure

It's really a stunning pic and altough there are real people in the background
it has the same feel as these http://little-people.blogspot.com/

Stef

That's because the background and foreground have been blurred in photoshop. I'd love to see the shot as it was taken and before the 'trickery' as I think most shots look better without...

Its a process called tiltshift. And is normally done mechanically rather than digitally. Though this pic was done digitally though not with photoshop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt-shift_photography

Debatable I suppose where to draw the line. For me I'm using a digital process(using a digital camera) to replicate an analogue one should I stop before I mimic tiltshift?

 

[Deveron53]

I wouldn't mind seeing the unaltered pic. My opinion is that if an 'effect' can be seen then it is intrusive and takes away from rather than adds to a picture.