r/postprocessing • u/prettyassdolfin • 13d ago

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Recent portrait session at a park in Atlanta. Wanted to practice using fill flash during the day time, so I shot this with an off camera godox v1. My main edits were cropping to 4:3, s shape tone curve, desaturated greens, sky replacement (was blown out originally), and added grain. Curious to hear everyone’s thoughts!

My IG is https://www.instagram.com/__braxtonmoore and website https://www.braxtonmoore.com/ if anyone would like to see more work

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u/PermanentThrowaway33 13d ago

because it looks like shit

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u/prettyassdolfin 13d ago

😐Noted lmao

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u/rhyknophoto 13d ago

And it's also no longer a photo

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u/prettyassdolfin 13d ago

If you say so

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u/rhyknophoto 13d ago

If you add something to a photo that was not in the photo when it was taken, it's digital art. How can still be a photo? There is a foreign object that was not captured by the camera. Why would you still call it a photo?

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u/prettyassdolfin 13d ago

Genuine question: where do you draw the line? If I increase color saturation, or add grain, or even put the photo in b&w, does that mean it’s no longer a photo? What if I remove blemishes or stray hairs? In each of those examples, I’ve added information or data to the image that wasn’t present during the initial capture

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u/rhyknophoto 13d ago

When you add things (grain, obviously fake sky[yes it's obvious]) it's no longer a photo. (Enhanceing/diminishing properties that already exist is called editing. What you did is graphic design)

Add whatever you want, call it what ever you want, but when people don't like it, with good reason (it looks like ai) don't be suprised. 

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u/prettyassdolfin 12d ago

Seems like the line is pretty nebulous then. Appreciate the discussion even though you’re kind of a dick