tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878699.post114034645630987542..comments2024-03-21T14:16:57.062+05:30Comments on VARUNABHIRAM.com | BLOG: Which File Extension Are You?Varun Abhiramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687164430777167420noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878699.post-1141529570765756172006-03-05T09:02:00.000+05:302006-03-05T09:02:00.000+05:30Pablo -- .ogg huh... close enough, wouldn't ya say...Pablo -- .ogg huh... close enough, wouldn't ya say?<BR/><BR/>Ismaele -- .wad would have been better, but I guess they won't have that extension listed :)<BR/><BR/>Kartik -- Don't know if being tagged is a good thing because I don't know what a tag is. Off to your blog to find out...Varun Abhiramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687164430777167420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878699.post-1140471306484066192006-02-21T03:05:00.000+05:302006-02-21T03:05:00.000+05:30I still think that the best photographer is the on...I still think that the best photographer is the one who manages to make a good photo directly from the first shot(s), without retouching! :) Where's the photographer's ability, if he makes "crappy" photos, but can retouch them to have them look good? ;)<BR/><BR/>P.S.: My file extension is .HTML, according to that quiz! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878699.post-1140433606038365932006-02-20T16:36:00.000+05:302006-02-20T16:36:00.000+05:30yes. what varun said. :-)and i took the file exten...yes. what varun said. :-)<BR/><BR/>and i took the file extension test/quiz/dochism and turns out im a ogg... yay?<BR/><BR/>http://www.bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2004/10/file_extensions/ogg.jpg<BR/><BR/>-pablo<BR/><BR/>p.s - i wrote the 3rd comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878699.post-1140396815146249932006-02-20T06:23:00.000+05:302006-02-20T06:23:00.000+05:30Thank you all for the comments. Haven't seen you i...Thank you all for the comments. Haven't seen you in a while Ismaele :)<BR/><BR/>Well, retouching a photo is NOT cheating. Lemme quote what a few photographers at bytephoto had to say about this (someone there was of a similar opinion) --<BR/><BR/>"I am a long time student of photography and have like most of my peers recognized the alteration of an image electronically as the natural evolution from darkroom manipulation thus the nickname it has garnered “Digital Darkroom”. Manipulation in the darkroom was a necessity to achieve a print in the early days of film photography and continues to this day. I think that the “Photoshopping” of most images should be recognized for what it usually is, the artists attempt to make the photo as true to the scene or to his or her creative idea as they can get it.<BR/><BR/>I continue to fall back on my belief that if any of the photographers that you revere from years gone by were working today they would be leading the way with Photoshop or other similar photo manipulation programs.<BR/><BR/>This is just my opinion but one that is echoed in multitude amongst today’s best photographers."<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>"what a crock of ..... for years Ive sat back and watched people with their own developing studios win photography contests while those who relied on straight from the camera shots developed by the local store rarely won, they manipulated as much as any photshopper did, you dont really think that Ansel just took his shots straight from the camera do you??? By the way, one can not make a bad photo into a good one, you still have to understand the camera, composition etc. I think Im not too bad at photoshop but give me a really badly composed out of focus shot and no matter how hard I try I cant make it a winner."Varun Abhiramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687164430777167420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878699.post-1140396208761948662006-02-20T06:13:00.000+05:302006-02-20T06:13:00.000+05:30even with analog cameras one can retouch photos. t...even with analog cameras one can retouch photos. there are tons of filters and lenses and other stuff for a slr camera. even on the darkroom, one can create shadows and do cropping and all the crazy stuff one can do with photoshop, you can pretty much do it in there too. the only difference is that the darkroom is in the computer, so its very easy. and very cheap too :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878699.post-1140387674724370922006-02-20T03:51:00.000+05:302006-02-20T03:51:00.000+05:30Yeah...! ;) I usually don't modify my pthotos. In ...Yeah...! ;) I usually don't modify my pthotos. In my opinion, retouching a phohto means cheating! :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11878699.post-1140355256862871142006-02-19T18:50:00.000+05:302006-02-19T18:50:00.000+05:30Ahhh.... Now I know why they look soooo good.:-PAhhh.... <BR/>Now I know why they look soooo good.<BR/>:-PPoornaa Venkatesanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896978361029243247noreply@blogger.com