Nikon D90 - Do you have one?

rocketparrotlet,

Quote, "(I don't edit any of my photos, actually, based on personal beliefs- I think that if I edit my photos after taking them, that removes much of the natural element from them, and it makes it seem like you are trying to sculpt the world around you instead of form your art to the real world; postimpressionism vs. impressionism.)"

Good man!!! Get the shot with your camera and not with your computer! I try and follow this ethos too. I don't mind tweaking for exposure compensation occasionally but I feel the camera is your best tool; good shots need little tampering. Pointing and shooting is fine but a little thought goes a long way.

Good stuff.

M

pseudolobster said:

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Sorry, Niko, but here's your only alternative.  Save it to your computer if you want and resize it there.  I use MS Paint because I am too lazy to make an online account, and my parents are paranoid about them getting stolen.

EDIT: This is only a 6-megapixel shot.  I was running out of space on my memory card because I forgot to clear it, so compression was in order.

-Mark

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If you need a good program to resize your images, GiMP is a completely free image program with almost all the same capabilities as photoshop. Simply load your image into it, then go to Image, Scale Image, type "800" into the width box, click OK, click file, save. A "JPEG Options" window will come up allowing you to set the quality. MSPaint always saves at something ridiculously low like 60, so set it to 90 or above and your image will come out crisp and shiny, without those disgusting white borders that mspaint likes to throw in.[/quote]
MSPaint doesn't throw the white borders in. After users resize a picture, the original dimensions are still there. All the need to do is drag a corner to the new dimensions and they're set. But I'm sure EVERYONE in this thread knew that already.

rocketparrotlet said:

I don't edit any of my photos, actually, based on personal beliefs- I think that if I edit my photos after taking them, that removes much of the natural element from them, and it makes it seem like you are trying to sculpt the world around you instead of form your art to the real world; postimpressionism vs. impressionism.

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Resizing your images in mspaint makes them completely unnatural. It sculpts them with blocky jpeg artifacts and noise. It makes them look like complete crap. Using a proper program to resize them (one that uses bicubic interpolation and has fine tuning control over compression and detail) is no more "retouching" or "editing" them than using a better lens or using a camera that allows manual focus control.

pseudolobster said:

[quote author=rocketparrotlet link=1240430850/0#31 date=1240890734]I don't edit any of my photos, actually, based on personal beliefs- I think that if I edit my photos after taking them, that removes much of the natural element from them, and it makes it seem like you are trying to sculpt the world around you instead of form your art to the real world; postimpressionism vs. impressionism.

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Resizing your images in mspaint makes them completely unnatural. It sculpts them with blocky jpeg artifacts and noise. It makes them look like complete crap. Using a proper program to resize them (one that uses bicubic interpolation and has fine tuning control over compression and detail) is no more "retouching" or "editing" them than using a better lens or using a camera that allows manual focus control.[/quote]

I know it's not.

I'm just frickin' lazy.

-Mark

I freaking got it !!!!


Pics soon, I'm trying to dominate it first.

Sweet Niko! Post shots!

-Mark