[Leica] Picture of the Year Controversy

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First I agree that almost all photos need "something" other than the 
default RAW settings in Lightroom or whatever.  However; looking at his 
photos they are way over processed.

Never did I make a straight print working news, always there was some 
burning, dodging and in B&W sometimes bleaching to get the print to look 
like what I "saw" when I made the photo.  To expect that there be a 
great straight shot just because we now shoot digital is a little 
ridiculous.  I keep thinking back to my old friend from my Atlanta days 
who got in trouble a few years ago in Charlotte for his "manipulation" 
of digital files.  From what I saw he did nothing wrong.  the intent of 
his photos was not altered, just colors SLIGHTLY pumped and backgrounds 
burned down, no big deal, IMHO.

Now these photos in the link Tina shared look like they came from a 
cartoon, guy really needs to learn how to tweak an image without going 
over the top.

On 4/20/09 5:58 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
> The judges thought he used too much photoshop based on the difference 
> between the photos he submitted and the RAW file.  The photographer 
> argues that a RAW file is not really indicative of what the scene 
> looks like without being converted and that the appearance of the 
> submitted files depends on which software is used.


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