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Rob Barron · 19-12-2006, 15:47

I think the thing is Fiona, we could only ever go on trust anyway as there is no way we could verify if a person's shot is unadulterated.

Secondly, if a person takes RAW photos, these are designed to be adulterated, they would be rather flat if we just used them as is because they are unprocessed, even by the camera. The whole point of RAW is to allow the user to select white balance, contrast etc. later. We still aim for the correct lighting in terms of shutter speed and aperture etc but still adjust after we open them in whatever processing prog we use for our RAWs.

So if you then said 'well, unadulterated means only played with RAW photos, etc' then we are back to square one.

If a person wants to say 'This picture came straight out of the camera' then fine. Frankly I never expect a photo to be completely untouched so going to a separate thread to see pictures in that category seems pointless. I think it could actually harm the neutral spirit that we try and maintain on Pixalo in that separating photos that are supposedly untouched could be divisive.

Only my own opinion of course, just really can't see the benefit of it.

Cheers,
Rob

19-12-2006, 15:47	#6 (permalink)
Rob Barron Loves the place Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Poole, Dorset Posts: 5,384	Re: new section I think the thing is Fiona, we could only ever go on trust anyway as there is no way we could verify if a person's shot is unadulterated. Secondly, if a person takes RAW photos, these are designed to be adulterated, they would be rather flat if we just used them as is because they are unprocessed, even by the camera. The whole point of RAW is to allow the user to select white balance, contrast etc. later. We still aim for the correct lighting in terms of shutter speed and aperture etc but still adjust after we open them in whatever processing prog we use for our RAWs. So if you then said 'well, unadulterated means only played with RAW photos, etc' then we are back to square one. If a person wants to say 'This picture came straight out of the camera' then fine. Frankly I never expect a photo to be completely untouched so going to a separate thread to see pictures in that category seems pointless. I think it could actually harm the neutral spirit that we try and maintain on Pixalo in that separating photos that are supposedly untouched could be divisive. Only my own opinion of course, just really can't see the benefit of it. Cheers, Rob __________________ Rob Barron robbarron@aol.com If you look down on other people, don't expect them to look up to you!