I like it, except I've read it so often in the past year I'm approaching being sick of hearing it. Certainly none of Adams' work would be considered DPC legal :)
Some of the earliest "digital cameras" were 4x5 sensors which mounted in place of a film holder on a standard studio camera. File size = 130MB. Exposure time = 5 min.
I too like but am maybe overly familiar with, this quotation. I apply it a lot.
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Originally posted by jmsetzler: Your 'performance' is your finished image after you have made your desired modifications to it :)
Exactly - but in the context of dpc not all of your desired modifications may be allowed - you can of course still perform your score, just do it without the woodwind section and only half of the strings you had envisioned :-)
It's a coincidence you should say that, John. Just last night I was going through some shots of mine, thinking what I might like to make of them. For a while, I was rejecting a bunch of the ideas my mind came up with because --- they weren't dpc legal! And none of the images would ever apply here, of course, because of the date issue. Eventually I realised what I was doing and went back over them; but it is amazing how easily one's mind can be lulled into a ceretain path!
I think a lot of people probably get into that mindset here. I know I did for a while... I just finished working on one image where I did quite a bit of spot editing and I felt guilty about it :)
Originally posted by jmsetzler: I think a lot of people probably get into that mindset here. I know I did for a while... I just finished working on one image where I did quite a bit of spot editing and I felt guilty about it :)
Although we don't need to feel guilty about spot editing,(outside dpc) adhering to the DPC rules certainly are training us to shoot more selectively. That is always a sound discipline. Allowing ourselves to conform to the rigid requirements can only improve our work. Then once outside the confines of dpc, we have the liberty to manipulate, edit, and do whatever we want, but we will have learned to use our cameras better than before dpc perhaps. Working with a good picture to begin with will be more rewarding in the long run.
Originally posted by shohn: I am so new to this, I was having the hardest time keeping wihtin the legal size requirements. Let alone the other filter stuff.
Yes...I understand how you feel. I had the same difficulties but being forced to comply has taught me, and is continuing to teach me more than I'd learned in years. Shohn, hang in there. You won't regret it.
The only time I have ever felt guilty about it is when I use cropping to get rid of undesired elements because it reminds me that my original composition sucked :-) I think people should use cropping as minimal as possible and instead work on the original composition during the time of the photo taking. As far as spot dodging and burning, as long as the 100% of the photograph isnt' spot edited (i.e. you completely missed the exposure), then i don't feel bad :) Most of the time I had to use a linear gradient to get the photos to look good because i don't have a graduated neutral density filter to compress the light/shadow ratio during sunset/sunrise hours between the foreground andt he background.
Originally posted by jmsetzler: I think a lot of people probably get into that mindset here. I know I did for a while... I just finished working on one image where I did quite a bit of spot editing and I felt guilty about it :)
