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So today we had a bitingly cold wind blowing heavy grey clouds across the flood water that's presently filling the Cherwell valley where I live. There were occasional gaps in the cloud giving crepuscular rays that stabbed down onto the landscape with reflections off the water, but mostly it was just flat and dull. I took a few frames because the rays looked good, already knowing how I wanted to process them and that it wouldn't take much work to do that, but half way through processing I felt like I was cheating to present somethning that was only real 'in camera'.
So here's 2 pairs of photos, processed to look like it did to the eye (which is NOT how the camera saw it) and processed the way I'd intended with a mono conversion and split toning. What do you think - have I 'cheated' or is this a reasonable way to change a scene for the sake of a picture?
Photorealism-05536 colour by Anton Ertl, on Flickr
Photorealism-05536 mono by Anton Ertl, on Flickr
Photorealism-05550 colour by Anton Ertl, on Flickr
Photorealism-05550 Mono by Anton Ertl, on Flickr
So here's 2 pairs of photos, processed to look like it did to the eye (which is NOT how the camera saw it) and processed the way I'd intended with a mono conversion and split toning. What do you think - have I 'cheated' or is this a reasonable way to change a scene for the sake of a picture?
Photorealism-05536 colour by Anton Ertl, on Flickr
Photorealism-05536 mono by Anton Ertl, on Flickr
Photorealism-05550 colour by Anton Ertl, on Flickr
Photorealism-05550 Mono by Anton Ertl, on Flickr
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