A well equipped darkroom costs serious $$$.


And I'm absolutely certain that your "negatives" cost exactly nothing. Kodachrome = negatives.


You never noticed any of the revisions I've made to the pics I've posted here. Or, more precisely, you've never commented on any of them, so I assume you haven't noticed them.
*LOL*, as you say.


I don't recall saying that it was never done.


Right! Try manipulating the color gradient as the sky touches the horizon with analog equipment. Take notes and brief me on the techniques you used. Hint: try dust.


More power to you.


As well you should be.

They are both. A portrait, whether done with a paintbrush in oils, or with a good analog (film) or digital camera requires esthetic composition. Once that is done well, the tools are almost incidental.


The amount of metabolic residue masquerading as photoshopped photographs is enormously greater now that it costs next to nothing to do.


As I mentioned above, I don’t recall saying that it was never done, merely very infrequently then when compared with now.

Analogue photos? :confused: WTF??? Is that anything like the reaction of chemical film?

Pfffftttt...~I've cleaned enough shit today, cant be bothered playing with yours anymore jseal, i didnt post on it cause i really dont care if people have touched up their photos *LOL* Its their work not mine.

If however it is a competition and it states photos are not to be touched up, then damn yeah i will say something

Having not given you any, you'll need to look elsewhere for that type of entertainment.


We are all entitled to our opinions.


Quite right. Of course you should.

Sorry, but it did not take a trained professional and $$$$ of equipment. You could rent a darkroom and equipment and ANYONE who wanted to take the time could learn to manipulate the photos. I know, because I did it (for fun) in the '70s when I was in the service.

Not while in the service but :nod:.

I learned my analog tricks in high school and college.

The reason you rented that dark room, or joined and remained in the photo club was because we couldn't afford the $$$ to purchase and equip one. Photoshop et al for $200 or less is one reason that there are many times more digitally manipulated photos now than there were then. As you pointed out, "you could". The fact is, when compared with now, very few did.

As to the time it took to learn how to do the analog tricks, how many minutes did it take for you to learn how to remove objects from, and add objects to analog photos? Here is a 9-minute Photoshop tutorial to do just that. The ease with which one can digitally manipulate photographs is the other reason that there are orders of magnitude more revised/touched up/altered photographs now than there was in the past.

How did you add neon stripes to your analog photos? Here's a 1:22 Photoshop tutorial.

You were in the service for fun ? I think you made a mistake, there.

Why?

If doing your civic duty can be fun, embrace it, says I.

IF you were in my unit, yes it was fun.

That was SUPPOSE to be the unit I joined up for. :banghead:

Back to the original question. :)



I miss the days when we could go to the toilet in peace without being grilled about why we didn't answer the phone.

Obvious troll is still obvious.

The autodialers that put you on hold when you pick up THEIR call.