Learning to fish

[Secret_Squirrel]

I know the highlights are blown but the mom likes it. It was taken with a p&s, I was using it as photoshop practice. Which pp do you prefer?

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[deathcake]

I went for the non-sun flare one because I like the overall colours better, and the detial in the bidge, mailbox, etc in the background is interesting. Good capture, wouldn't tell it's from a p&s.

[jetcode]

that's not an easy choice because either rendering can serve a purpose

[midnight_rider]

I think if the first one was a sepia color it would work well with the flare. Until then it looks like an odd mix of a new photo with an old fade.


My vote is for 2

[pickupman92]

I vote #1. I love "older" looking photographs when they weren't all perfect. Uniqueness still has a place with me. Nice job.

[canonnoob]

i would go with the second but it does have just a tad green cast to it. The reasoning for the second instead of the first being that the "sun flare" is fake and you can tell.

[JimMcrae]

I vote #1. I love "older" looking photographs when they weren't all perfect. Uniqueness still has a place with me. Nice job.

An interesting remark in this world of pp'ing everything to perfection. Quite refreshing too! :)

I prefer #1 too.

[vk2gwk]

......being that the "sun flare" is fake and you can tell.

I wonder if this is true....

I like the sun flare one - gives a special "summer - hot day" feel to the picture.
The second one is just a "middle of the road" shot with a lot of distracting clutter while that same clutter is masked by the flare in the first one.

[pickupman92]

An interesting remark in this world of pp'ing everything to perfection. Quite refreshing too! :)

I prefer #1 too.

I knew we had a lot in common Jim:cool:

[Panda_stunter]

i like number 1 as well.

theres just that certain feel to it!

[canonnoob]

I wonder if this is true....

I like the sun flare one - gives a special "summer - hot day" feel to the picture.
The second one is just a "middle of the road" shot with a lot of distracting clutter while that same clutter is masked by the flare in the first one.
I can garantee it is true... look at the flare itself... its too perfect of a circle..

[Randi]

I voted sun flare only because the second one kind of looks just like a snap shot, and I felt like the sun flare gave it more of a special feel, but the more and more I look at it the more I realize how fake the sun flare looks. I still like it better but I really wish it looked more natural.

[Panda_stunter]

yup....sun flare is fake, just look at the shadow casts by the objects. this image wouldve been shot at around noon/1pm. that and you cant recover anything from blown highlights. and on the second picture, there was a group of trees which the sunlight wouldnt have been able to pass through

pretty good PP on the sun flare!

[HappySnapper90]

The sun flare simulates a different "look", similar to how shallow DOF gives a different appearance. The no sun flare looks like an average snapshot with too much DOF.