Pixel Pooper

This was published in National Geographic and was sold to the public as photojournalism, not as travel photography. Photojournalism, like all journalism, is held to a high standard of ethics in ...

Turns out the opposite is true. The retouching on the original cover version is obvious when compared to McCurry's own prints of the image. Below is from: https://www.diyphotography.net/eyes-afghan ...

The scandal got deeper after that article was published. See here: https://www.diyphotography.net/eyes-afghan-girl-critical-take-steve-mccurry-scandal/ Here is a snip, but the whole article is ...

I purposely chose one that was clearly a photograph of the original so nobody could say it was a newer reproduction. Seriously? If you think the sclera look normal in that picture you should get ...

The whitened eyes are on the version used on cover of the magazine.

He sure did, and so much evidence came out after the photoshop scandal in 2016 that he is now the poster boy for staged journalism.

I agree, but if the default settings are a better starting point it makes processing easier. I do shoot raw and use Lightroom, but with the camera standard profile I usually only have to adjust a ...

True, but if you are using the camera maker's software aren't you are still using their colour science? If they decide what you can adjust and how those adjustments work, is it really all that ...

Your post reads like an ad for Fuji Instax™.

What if you are using the camera maker's own raw conversion software?

There has been a lot of buzz around colour science since the release of the Canon EOS-R because Canon colour is one of the few areas their fans can still claim superiority over Sony. At least it ...

In Australia GST has always been charged at the point of sale, but personal imports under $1000.00 were exempt until recently. Overseas sellers exporting to Australia must now collect GST on ...

You might find this interesting. Apparently National Geographic was not above retouching their cover shots in the era of Afghan Girl. "When asked about his own use of Photoshop, McCurry, however, ...

Yes, the whites of her eyes have been rather clumsily whitened.

Can you not see those whites though? I mean, it's not even well done.

Sorry, I forgot that it was impossible to doctor photographs before Photoshop.

Every photographer should have a copy of The Manual Of Photgraphy , or if you want something more beginner focused Stunning Digital Photography by Tony Northrup is also much better than Bryan ...

I wonder how many of those who recommended this book actually read it. Did you read it? I was a beginner once, weren't we all? But seriously, I read a lot of books about photography, and this one ...

I don't know if Afghan girl was doctored or not, but there is plenty of evidence that McCurry staged and doctored many of his "journalistic" images, and lied about it. Considering that, any ...

If only it were that simple. Downsizing to the same dimensions is a pretty standard way of comparing images. When displayed at the same size they would be resized anyway, even if printed, so how ...