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atheistandproud:
Editing

There are some purists who feel that photos should not be edited and that the output of one's photos should be dependent on the capability of their camera.

I personally believe (and this is my opinion) that this is like telling a lady not to use make-up. It's restrictive and it smacks of elitism of the worst sort.

There are also others who do not know the purpose of editing and believe that that it's a magic wand for fixing bad photography. Such individuals get frustrated and skip from one editing app to another. It's always something else's fault, either the camera or the editing app. As good as GCam, people still complain about it.

I would like to say that a bad driver is a bad driver. Even if you were to buy them a Lamborghini Diablo, they will still drive poorly. A bad photographer is a bad photographer, even with a Huawei P40, they'll still do badly. The editing in the world won't fix a bad photo. It won't automatically turn you into a master photographer. That's not what this is about.

For me, photography is about letting others see the world through your eyes. Over time, you train your mind and your eyes to see beauty and you teach yourself (and others) how best to use the equipment at your disposal to capture such beauty. That's what this is about.

The editing is only the tip. To enhance your photo and push it's limits. Over editing won't save your photos. It's only an enhancer, like make up on a beautiful lady.

I know some of us who get on this page for the first time, see people doing stuff and want to get in right away and I admire the spirit but there are steps that I'll recommend.

1. Learn the equipment at your disposal

2. Learn to take good pictures

3. Learn to edit

Life is a sequence, you can never go wrong by learning from the easy-intermediate-advanced process.

And for those of us who edit, let your edits show us what you want us to see, what effect you're going for etc. A poor edit can ruin a good picture.

Good morning all.

ityP:
How.much u get the phone

Softbreast:
Samsung Galaxy A50 + Snapseed

dayveed1:
this is awesome.

Darevid:
Very well said. You take beer? Waiter give him 2 bottles of cold beer!

Juicey10:
redmi stock came edited with light room

ORIJIN201:
Pixel 2xl Portrait!

Original

[img]https:///65535/49702100396_240876b37e_h.jpg[/img]

Lightroom edited on Mac OS

[img]https:///65535/49702429847_9a90313036_h.jpg[/img]

atheistandproud:
RN7 GCam edited with Snapseed HDR (nature)

festwiz:
So....you changed his skin tone? Or you just increased the color temperature?

ORIJIN201:
Made some manual edits, removing the spots from the face, making it softer, selective white, and of course, meddling a bit with the skin tone. I tried as much as possible to keep edits mild.

tosins:
may I know the version of your GCam , I'm also a RN7 user

atheistandproud:
BSG Mod V6.2

maclawrence02:
Pls can I see a pix of the charger you currently use on your rn7.

atheistandproud:
This is a photography thread sha

The white one is a Celbro charger

The charger on the right is the follow come charger

The one at the back is a Floveme quick charger

ORIJIN201:
Pixel 2xl Portrait!

Original

[img]https:///65535/49702100396_240876b37e_h.jpg[/img]

Lightroom edited on Mac OS

[img]https:///65535/49702429847_9a90313036_h.jpg[/img]

atheistandproud:
Oboy you haff become an expert oh

Darevid:
Hello! Meet my 4 favourite pictures so far this week.

kemicalreact:
Holy Shit

Darevid:
Hello! Meet my 4 favourite pictures so far this week.

elantraceey:
wow ....I'll love to o see the unedited version,, just for curiousity.

elantraceey:
wow ....I'll love to o see the unedited version,, just for curiousity.