Photo of the week - Page 3

SlamaJama · 05-02-2006, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jackson6745


	This one would look great on the cover page of the site http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/...g?d=1146209562

considering i have the best chest of the group, it would do...lol
sheesh, if i had that body, id never leave my house...

SlamaJama · 05-02-2006, 02:17 PM

i was bored...

Froggie · 05-02-2006, 03:19 PM

I want to nominate Witold's pic. Look at the teeth on the six-line....I'm a sixline owner so I'm partisan

ulmo · 05-02-2006, 04:37 PM

Jonathan,

I think that's a great idea, but we need to have some rules, such as no photoshopping, unless it's for pictures like the one posted by Rich.

**jhale** · 05-02-2006, 04:43 PM

hey peter,

I have to say I photoshop every picture I show these days.
You have to, to make a digital shot look halfway decent.
I view photoshop as just an extension of the old darkrooms I used to work in, the new term is now lightroom

I'll admit I like more natural looking shots, but if someone has a cool shot they have spent time tweaking with some cool effects we should not dismiss it.

fyi, did you know every single image you see these days has been through the photo chop shop, including commercials, tv shows and movies. nothing is really real anymore.

ulmo · 05-02-2006, 07:44 PM

Hey Jonathan,

I don't mind using photoshop to touch up or crop pictures. But you have to admit it gets difficult to know what is real and not real when you can change the color of corals, anemones, etc. with just a click of a mouse. It might be misleading because someone might assume that these might be different color morphs. I admit that I love the different artistic effects you can create with photoshop, but the pictures should be labeled as so. Just my thoughts.

Yes, I admit it's confusing to know what is real anymore.

**jhale** · 05-02-2006, 08:37 PM

oh you mean like this,

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Pedro · 05-02-2006, 09:13 PM

Ja Ja, what color morph is that?

I agree with both of you. As for photoshop, as Jonathan stated, almost all images go through some kind of Post Process. The problem is when it's done beyond the normal tweaks (contrast,usm,levels) , and presented as natural. Of course if the author presents it as being photshopped, then there is nothing wrong as that is his level of creativity.

But for the most part, i am against tweaking images beyond the normal. Most definately, my nature ones.

ulmo · 05-02-2006, 10:21 PM

Yeah...Jonathan!

Where did you buy that morph and how much?

**bad coffee** · 05-02-2006, 10:32 PM

Wow! Thanks for choosing mine as the first one!

Details:
canon digital elph (s400)
Custom white balance
spot meter
-2 EV
Picture taken through an 8x loupe over the lens

I used corel to sharpen and darken, then to add copyright.

No color pushing at all.

B

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05-02-2006, 04:37 PM	#24
ulmo Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bergen, NJ Posts: 404 Reefer Ratings: (16) Friends: (1)	Jonathan, I think that's a great idea, but we need to have some rules, such as no photoshopping, unless it's for pictures like the one posted by Rich.

05-02-2006, 04:43 PM	#25
jhale paper bags are fun! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: G.V NYC Posts: 15,309 Reefer Ratings: (43) Friends: (33)	hey peter, I have to say I photoshop every picture I show these days. You have to, to make a digital shot look halfway decent. I view photoshop as just an extension of the old darkrooms I used to work in, the new term is now lightroom I'll admit I like more natural looking shots, but if someone has a cool shot they have spent time tweaking with some cool effects we should not dismiss it. fyi, did you know every single image you see these days has been through the photo chop shop, including commercials, tv shows and movies. nothing is really real anymore.

05-02-2006, 07:44 PM	#26
ulmo Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bergen, NJ Posts: 404 Reefer Ratings: (16) Friends: (1)	Hey Jonathan, I don't mind using photoshop to touch up or crop pictures. But you have to admit it gets difficult to know what is real and not real when you can change the color of corals, anemones, etc. with just a click of a mouse. It might be misleading because someone might assume that these might be different color morphs. I admit that I love the different artistic effects you can create with photoshop, but the pictures should be labeled as so. Just my thoughts. Yes, I admit it's confusing to know what is real anymore.

05-02-2006, 08:37 PM	#27
jhale paper bags are fun! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: G.V NYC Posts: 15,309 Reefer Ratings: (43) Friends: (33)	oh you mean like this,

05-02-2006, 09:13 PM	#28
Pedro Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Queens Posts: 1,971 Reefer Ratings: (21) Friends: (0)	Ja Ja, what color morph is that? I agree with both of you. As for photoshop, as Jonathan stated, almost all images go through some kind of Post Process. The problem is when it's done beyond the normal tweaks (contrast,usm,levels) , and presented as natural. Of course if the author presents it as being photshopped, then there is nothing wrong as that is his level of creativity. But for the most part, i am against tweaking images beyond the normal. Most definately, my nature ones.

05-02-2006, 10:21 PM	#29
ulmo Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bergen, NJ Posts: 404 Reefer Ratings: (16) Friends: (1)	Yeah...Jonathan! Where did you buy that morph and how much?