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You cannot cropping it! Or can you?
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Wpisany przez Joanna Gloc   
czwartek, 31 marca 2011 14:49

The photographer cannot, like Turner, whisk an invisible town around a hill, and bring it into view, or shave off a mountain's scalp... He must take what he sees, just as he sees it, and his only liberty is the selection of a point of view. (REV. H.J. Morton: The Philadelphia Photographer, II, 1865).

This was written in XIX century, not so long after invention of photography. How it is possible that already from the beginning there was discussion about the way of framing? And what about our times? In the era of Photoshop and other programs for photo-editing, could we still believe in what we see?

Should the photographer just take what he sees, and how he sees it? Can he use light, type of framing and characters selections to presents what he wants?

 

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0 #3 Ilpo Vuorivirta 2011-04-07 08:50
Was it Lewis Hine or some other famous photographer who said that: "photograph s don't lie, but liars can photograph"? Well, obviously at this era of photoshopping, that's not entirely true anymore.

This question of what you are allowed to do to a photograph and what not, always comes to my mind when looking wildlife photo competitions. The rules usually allow you to adjust exposure, tones and sharpness, but not the content of the photo. Still, I don't think these rules put all photographers on the same line. And even if the photo wasn't manipulated in Photoshop, it's not necessary telling the truth, like this award-winning photo http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/20/wolf-wildlife-photographer-award-stripped?intcmp=239
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0 #2 helly 2011-04-06 18:14
i think it's okay - but only if the photographer tells about what and how he did.
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0 #1 Tavie 2011-04-05 14:37
There's a difference in beween reframing a picture or adjusting it. Adjusting can be justified whereas reframing probably is a step too far.
When a picture happens to be too dark the photographer might adjust the brightness or the contrast in order to make the picture look more real. However, it is inacceptable that the photographer reframes a picture in a way that one big lie is told.
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