[missbirdphotos] Re: An idea for helping each other learn about post-processing
- From: Kristen Eisbrenner <keisbrenner7@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: missbirdphotos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:54:39 -0500
I'll participate too. Kristen
On 3/14/12, Frank Hensley <dr_frank_hensley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I wonder what you all think of this: (Oops, sorry. I live in MS now, don't
> I? I'll try again.)
>
> I wonder what y'all think of this: If someone would volunteer to post a RAW
> photo (probably too big for an attachment, so it would need to go on a
> server for download) and then anyone who wanted to could try
> post-processing. Give people a couple of days to find time to work on it,
> and then people could post .jpgs of their work and we could compare results,
> discussing both the aspects of the work and the advantages/disadvantages of
> the software used. People could also keep track of how many steps it took
> and how much actual time was spent. I'm prompted to do this because I think
> some people's work just "pops" and others I look at and say "that's
> photoshopped" because the results look over-processed and unnatural to me.
>
> Now we'd need some ground rules. Discussion would have to be civil of course
> and allow for the fact we have different tastes and personal preferences.
> But I think I would stand to learn a lot, and also it would help me make
> some decisions about whether to buy some more expensive software or to keep
> using the free stuff I rely on.
>
> It might be best if we had two volunteers at a time, one to post a Nikon RAW
> image and one to post a Canon RAW, in case people use software that only
> handles one format. I'd be happy to volunteer a Nikon shot if I can figure
> out how to make it available for download...
>
> What do you think of the idea? Participation voluntary, or course. We could
> set a date for the "big reveal" and then commence discussion. I can think
> of several ways to do this that would be educational. For example, we could
> do an initial round for a photo with good exposure, then maybe a round that
> is overexposed and practice rescue techniques. One round could have rippling
> water as a background, but since it is MS maybe a snowy background is a low
> priority ("Hallelujah!" says the guy who moved here from Chicago!). I think
> the only requirement for the photos used would be that they are in focus and
> close to correct exposure. They would not have to be anyone's best work -
> just workable.
>
> Your thoughts? How many of you would play, if we tried this?
>
> -Frank
> P.S. Can you tell I'm on Spring Break from school? :)
>
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