Questions of a neophyte
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:37 pm
I'm fairly new to the DSLR world and have been spending quite a bit of time improving my skills at actually taking the photo, but very little time on post processing. I have a couple of questions in this regard:
1. What % of digital photos are 'post processed'. By that I mean, outside of a simple crop or brightness adjustment, what % of the photos in the 'typical' gallery have been enhanced. Obviously, no one can know what everyone else is doing. Just looking for personal experience and/or general thoughts.
2. What is the optimal split between excellent at taking pictures and excellent at processing the image. I know you can't create a good photo from a bad one. But is it 60/40? 90/10?
3. Finally, I've been measuring my skills based on comparing my photos to others posted here. With very little post-processing, is this an apples-to-apples comparison. Pretty much the same questions as before but put a little differently.
Thanks for the feedback,
Rymel
http://www.pbase.com/rymel
1. What % of digital photos are 'post processed'. By that I mean, outside of a simple crop or brightness adjustment, what % of the photos in the 'typical' gallery have been enhanced. Obviously, no one can know what everyone else is doing. Just looking for personal experience and/or general thoughts.
2. What is the optimal split between excellent at taking pictures and excellent at processing the image. I know you can't create a good photo from a bad one. But is it 60/40? 90/10?
3. Finally, I've been measuring my skills based on comparing my photos to others posted here. With very little post-processing, is this an apples-to-apples comparison. Pretty much the same questions as before but put a little differently.
Thanks for the feedback,
Rymel
http://www.pbase.com/rymel