Risked a pot pie
On Mon, 03 Aug 2015 19:16:19 -0400, PeterN
wrote:
On 8/3/2015 4:13 PM, MC wrote:
PeterN wrote:
On 8/3/2015 8:56 AM, MC wrote:
I wouldn't bother trying to help him at this point.
That's always your call.
He posts his images, often inviting constructive criticism (posting
alone on a ng like this you are going to get that anyway), yet when
you point out even the bleedin' obvious he is in denial he has done
anything wrong. We have all gone over with him the same errors in
his "enhancement" techniques (be it heavy cropping, shappening
etc.) time after time after time yet he still uses the same methods
to hide his inefficiencies in the actual mechanics of taking a
photograph.
The only way he can improve his photography is to dump the
post-processing malarky and practice getting it right in-camera,
posting the images straight out of camera for critique if he wants
"advice" rather than try and attempt to salvage and post the
rubbish in the hope we will not notice.
It's easy to say "get it right in the camera." That is rarely
possible, or practicable, especially with the type of work I like to
do. Could you ever get either of these images in the camera?
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97242118/baboon%20%20bliss.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97242118/swooper.jpg
Neither example is becoming of a good photographer. They just show
just someone who can play about with a computer (first one is rather
tacky and horrible, by the way).
Trouble is, you need to get the basics right first before you try and
be something you are not. Gold is easy to make shiny because you have
a naturally shiny sunbstance to begin with. However, no amount of
polishing will make **** shiny.
I forgot to add. When the Duck makes a comment, he is intending to be
helpful, and it comes across to me that way. I don't recall you making a
helpful comment. If I am wrong, I apologize.
Also I could not find the word: "sunbustance" in any dictionary. What
language is that word in.
Well then, don't use them. Wait until you have the tools to work
properly, not blame your own inadequecies because your tools are broken.
You need a lesson in reality.
And civility.
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Regards,
Eric Stevens
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