On 2016-03-02 16:41:29 +0000, Neil said:

On 3/1/2016 11:42 PM, Savageduck wrote:
Here are a few thoughts on 'Straight Out of Camera' or SOOC.
http://palleschultz.dk/?p=1096

This notion has always puzzled me. Is not capturing the best rendition
of a subject the important part of photography?

This is one of those questions that can only be given a ‘yes/no’
answer. That can only be based on the intent of the photographer. Some
of that intent can be achieved SOOC with specific lens selection and
exposure settings. However, consider how simple today’s AE makes it to
get good exposure values and no character to the image. Technical
perfection does not necessarily make a great or memorable image.

If so, whether one has to crop irrelevant content, adjust color and
tonality or any other manipulation to accomplish that end is just part
of the overall process, as is whatever is 'SOOC'.

Much the creative work can be done in post. These days, with the
exception of good cropping there is also much that can be done SOOC,
but the photographer needs to have a good idea of what they are doing,
magnificent accidents don't count.

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Regards,

Savageduck