CX1, f6.6, 1/810, ISO 80, JPG, 66mmToday's picture is a simple snapshot, something people might take with the CX1. It is nothing special and I did not spend too much thought on it. Now what if you take a boring snapshot and process it, can it become interesting? This was the question I asked myself and decided to find out.
I took this picture while walking by and while it is a pretty boring picture by itself, I have tried to find out if processing it changes that. I wanted to give it a very processed look, almost Lomo like but still different. What do you think of this? Is it a interesting picture or does it remain a boring picture and can (over-)processing an image turn a simple snapshot into something more interesting or will it always be a simple snapshot?
One thing the processing does however is make this picture 3x bigger than the original size. I don't understand why some people say you can only really process RAW files, JPGs can be very flexible and you can push the files a lot.
might have cloned out the pub sign.
ReplyDeleteThe pub sign is something I wanted to include in the picture, kind of like an open air pub.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion a mediocre image will always be a mediocre image that can't be saved with some extensive post processing. I do however think that not all snapshots are mediocre. Often there are really good snapshots and those need no to little post processing.
ReplyDeleteI still believe that most of the image is being made when you take the image.
I agree with you Wouter, a medicore image will not get better through processing and a picture is indeed made mostly when you take it.
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