April 29, 2009
- New York Botanic Gardens Ochid Show 2009 -
Some more recent pics from late last month. I went to the New York Botanic Gardens way up in the Bronx to check out the 2009 Orchid show for my girlfriend’s birthday. No lie, it was put together by someone named Raymond Jungles. Raymond Jungles. Hilarious.
For these, I decided to take the opposite approach to those DC Museum shots and didn’t touch these up at all. If you have any preferences as far as “a lot of PS” or “no PS”, let me know.
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No PS !
I like the tight framing on these.
Comment by speedbird — May 3, 2009 @ 10:35 am
Well, that would make it a lot easier to get around to posting photos up here.
Perhaps I will leave off the photoshopping (except when absolutely necessary).
Comment by Ian — May 3, 2009 @ 1:05 pm
What I mean is, a good picture doesn’t need photoshopping (though there’s nothing wrong with PS for effect as a tool in itself).
There’s a tendency with digits to acquire everything and sort it all out later (or not; there’s also a tendency to keep loads of junk!). This leads to photographers chained to screens, not looking at the real world. I think the trick is really in acquiring the right stuff to start with. Framing, perspective, filtering, depth-of-field, exposure.
Comment by speedbird — May 6, 2009 @ 10:14 am
Yeah, my digits are definitely guilty on both counts…
Right, so, more focus on taking the actual pictures, and less on the PS! Course, I usually only use PS for correcting exposure/lighting, stuff like that, cause I have a not-so-fancy digital camera and the pics don’t always come out right. The data’s there, just not presentable, so I have to adjust highlights/shadows… etc etc..
But I do have a tendency to get carries away, and I definitely agree with your point SB. From now on, the heavy photoshopping will be reserved for the artwork only (which I just realized I haven’t done in quite some time…)
Comment by Ian — May 6, 2009 @ 11:15 am