Lens-Artists Challenge #294 – Before and After

Photography, Photography 101 Forever

[The Lens Artists Challenge is hosted this week by Johnbo.]

I tend to be an originalist, attempting to capture what the eyes see. The camera doesn’t always cooperate. The following comparison was taken 2 seconds apart, the left earliest, 1/60s, 1 ev, the right 1/120s, 0 ev, both at the whim of the iPhone X in 2019. Obviously different.

My memory being what it isn’t, I no longer recall WHAT I was seeing! 🤷‍♂️

Most of my modifications resort to crop and zoom. Crop crop crop, zoom, zoom, rinse, repeat.

The following comparison was two RAW photos that exported as fairly small jpegs, though I didn’t want the original large size anyway.

When all else fails, there’s always FOOD!

Enjoy.

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Published by JohnRH

Retired, former winter skier, avid reader, traveler (avidly). :)

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23 thoughts on “Lens-Artists Challenge #294 – Before and After”

  1. You can never go wrong with photographing food!

    I must say, though, the golden hour is my main attraction in editing. I can’t resist leaving the images alone. 🙂

    I love your take on the sunset. Patience can sometimes be rewarded by waiting, or maybe the wait makes you realize that you already captured the best shot of the evening.

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  4. Great examples, John. I am surprised that cropping doesn’t make your images grainy or soft. I love the sunset (or sunrise) photo! The second shot of the set is so beautiful.

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  6. Great images. Personally, I don’t enjoy editing one bit though. Maybe adjusting a horizon or cropping a bit. Then – that’s it. The only solution to an iffy photo after that is junking the entire thing. I know for lots of people, getting involved in clever editing brings a great deal of satisfaction. Just … not me.

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  12. It sounds like most of us would like some pizza after seeing your mouth-watering example. I wouldn’t want a bite of cactus, even though I love the picture. Sunsets are almost always beautiful, and yours is no exception.

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