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Cropping/sharpening by Bob Rossheim
A very nice cropping and sharpening job (be careful to NOT over-sharpen your images!)
Herb Raynes
These shots were taken on a sunny day at 1000 ASA!
Sally MacMullan
Another very powerful and strong cropping job!
Arthur Davis
A great grayscale restoration.
Photo restoration by Herb Raynes
Accomplished by using the Photoshop levels histogram and adjusting each channel individually
Photo correction by Mike Bucsek
Taken under unfavorable lighting conditions, and fixed by using the levels histogram and curves graph
Photo correction by Mike Bucsek
Using the cloning Tool to perform digital plastic surgery
Histogram
Bob Rossheim fixed the under-exposed areas of this photo by selecting then using the histogram
Crop and Clone
Sally MacMullan cropped and cloned to better frame the subjects of this photo
Much better
A great before and after by Lyn AlexanderPhotography IS Art
By Bob Rossheim
I am taking a picture of my parents: I am ready to click, but first I say, "Smile." I want them to be pleased with the print. In addition, I decide to stand closer so the print will show some of the detail of their faces; I move them out of the bright sun, so they won't be squinting; I focus on them, to avoid the distracting background; and so forth. I have used the camera in a creative way - I am being "artistic."
The photographer, even when he merely says "smile" is involving some part of his creative, discriminating, aesthetic sense in his picture taking. He involves his vision, his brain, his heart, and his/her self in varying degrees up to the moment of click. His product, I claim, therefore is art.
If we say beauty is "in the eye of the beholder," I claim photography is art at the moment of the click. There is more: After the click comes the processing, whether in the chemical darkroom or, more likely now, the processing in the computer. At this stage the potential for creative and artistic effort is unlimited. Cropping to select only the contributing parts of the camera frame; rotating the image to straighten the horizon; adjusting the image by sharpening (or blurring) selected parts of the picture; increasing (or decreasing) contrast; even adding clouds from another picture to an otherwise empty sky (see below); and possibly much more to create, artistically, the final product. Anything and everything except, perhaps, putting the smile on the frowning face.
