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XPan
The Living Force
It is one of the wonderful things…
to return to the same spots to do photography. I personally love it, and do it, because it let’s me mentally sink in deeper, connect deeper to the motives, landscape, the shapes and forms i see (because i often fail to do so the first time, likely because i get too carried away)
Kind of like watching a movie first time vs second time. It is when i watch the second time, the details emerge as you connect deeper.
I deeply admire how some landscape photographers work. I admire their patience and eye. No doubt !
Photo contests
i am sure that when you participate in photo contests, that there rules and margins - so some techniques are allowed (contrast, correction, color balance etc) - because you simply can’t avoid it with digital material. I mean when you have digital RAW files - you have to decide the kind of color balance for example. It is not been done for you, and the RAW file has no defined/fixed color balance. (Just to mention one factor)
So digital material always has to have some margins for doing corrections in photo that participate in photo contests. And those can be used in effective ways which enhances the expression in a photo.
ah. I missed your second post Bjorn. Yes exactly. Some manipulation is allowed but not much. That is the standard rule for contests
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From what I understand is that the coloration must stay more or less the same. So they don't differ that much from the original? But you clearly know more about it than I do
For example, I believe I posted 2 photo's of this contest here before:
- Republic World
www.republicworld.com
I didn't share this one from Isabella Tabacchi, but I really like it.
This page is one of my favorite. They are pictures of forests but taken in a very mystical and fairy-tale way look. The page is called Divine Forests. They are, however, photos submitted by random people. So to what extent they have been edited, I do not know.
I think you'll also like this page.
Although then you have to have Instagram to see it all.
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XPan
The Living Force
This page is one of my favorite. They are pictures of forests but taken in a very mystical and fairy-tale way look. The page is called Divine Forests. They are, however, photos submitted by random people. So to what extent they have been edited, I do not know.
I think you'll also like this page.
Although then you have to have Instagram to see it all.
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I have no social media of any kind
so I can’t access it (other than the first 20 or so - but already those are amazing).
But i believe you Bjorn - and the images you and others have shown in this threat - are simply beyond beautiful.
It is like visiting an oasis, showing so many wonders in this world through the eyes of cameras/lenses/photographers and tastefully interpret. I have no problem with that - on the contrary ! Not to mention it is inspiring from many angles.
Lukasz
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I agree with XPan. Probably the majority is photoshopped but it isn't always a bad thing.
From my experience, many people associate Photoshop only with heavy manipulations. Few people know that it can be used to make a photo more realistic too. Camera sensors have limitations and cannot reproduce an image as accurately as the human eye perceives it. For example, you can try to capture sunset, but when you compare the picture taken with what you see, it will probably be different from the original scene.
Personally, I often use Photoshop to enhance photos to make them look closer to what I saw and how I perceived the scene while taking a photo.
To give an example, here are two versions of the same photo. The first one is raw image without any processing. The second one, I enhanced in Photoshop in such a way to make the colors and contrast closer to what I have witnessed that night.
Horror pictures, for a change.
The scary and uncomfortable things are also part of life. It can help us realize the good and beautiful things we might normally leave unappreciated. And horror stories can be kind of exciting. In search of the unknown and all that. Anything that can make us curious. So...
The dark Hedges, Northern Ireland.
Deserted in the woods
Abandoned Clown Train in Umoja Children’s Park, Tanzania, Africa
The scary and uncomfortable things are also part of life. It can help us realize the good and beautiful things we might normally leave unappreciated. And horror stories can be kind of exciting. In search of the unknown and all that. Anything that can make us curious. So...
The dark Hedges, Northern Ireland.
Deserted in the woods
Abandoned Clown Train in Umoja Children’s Park, Tanzania, Africa
