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<blockquote data-quote="guns are dumb" data-source="post: 997485" data-attributes="member: 5564"><p>I kinda' forgot about this thread, so sorry for the late reply. </p><p></p><p>The key to good landscape photography isn't so much about being able to <em>take</em> a picture, but <em>creating</em> a picture, whether that be with film in a darkroom or digitally. I learned photography, primarily backward, starting from the darkroom (and Photoshop), then lighting, then the camera. I don't get enthused about landscape photography because there is little "real" about landscape photography because of the extensive process. Of course the argument is often made that they are <em>more real</em>.</p><p></p><p>So, to answer your question, yes they are "enhanced." The colors look the way they do because I've been working with Photoshop long enough to know all the tricks and the first big one (aside from very basic things, ie., <em>high quality</em> images - which is different than <em>good</em> pictures - start from RAW image files and good processing) is working in RGB colorspace is not necessarily the best way to do things, but using a multitude of techniques, like basing the image in ProPhoto RGB <em>colorspace</em> (the largest RGB color gamut) and working in both CMYK and LAB <em>colormodes</em> allow for much more flexibility in what the file can undergo and still remain noise free. LAB colormode allows the color channels to be separated from the density channel (in LAB - L is the Lightness AKA density channel), this allows the color channels to be adjusted independently without having a large impact on the noise in the digital file (most of the digital noise is contained in the lightness channel, therefore, removing digital noise is best done in LAB colormode, on the L channel). This just isn't possible in RGB colorspace. After all the necessary enhancements, the file is then truncated back to ProPhoto RGB for saving and printing on wide-gamut printers (high-end inkjet printers) or, for outsource printing, the file is converted to sRGB (which throws out even more information).</p><p></p><p>So, that's a long and complicated answer to a seemingly simple question. I could go further on what is actually done in the different colorspaces and colormodes (these are two different things) but it would get really long, really quick.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="guns are dumb, post: 997485, member: 5564"] I kinda' forgot about this thread, so sorry for the late reply. The key to good landscape photography isn't so much about being able to [I]take[/I] a picture, but [I]creating[/I] a picture, whether that be with film in a darkroom or digitally. I learned photography, primarily backward, starting from the darkroom (and Photoshop), then lighting, then the camera. I don't get enthused about landscape photography because there is little "real" about landscape photography because of the extensive process. Of course the argument is often made that they are [I]more real[/I]. So, to answer your question, yes they are "enhanced." The colors look the way they do because I've been working with Photoshop long enough to know all the tricks and the first big one (aside from very basic things, ie., [I]high quality[/I] images - which is different than [I]good[/I] pictures - start from RAW image files and good processing) is working in RGB colorspace is not necessarily the best way to do things, but using a multitude of techniques, like basing the image in ProPhoto RGB [I]colorspace[/I] (the largest RGB color gamut) and working in both CMYK and LAB [I]colormodes[/I] allow for much more flexibility in what the file can undergo and still remain noise free. LAB colormode allows the color channels to be separated from the density channel (in LAB - L is the Lightness AKA density channel), this allows the color channels to be adjusted independently without having a large impact on the noise in the digital file (most of the digital noise is contained in the lightness channel, therefore, removing digital noise is best done in LAB colormode, on the L channel). This just isn't possible in RGB colorspace. After all the necessary enhancements, the file is then truncated back to ProPhoto RGB for saving and printing on wide-gamut printers (high-end inkjet printers) or, for outsource printing, the file is converted to sRGB (which throws out even more information). So, that's a long and complicated answer to a seemingly simple question. I could go further on what is actually done in the different colorspaces and colormodes (these are two different things) but it would get really long, really quick. [/QUOTE]
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