April 2010 * POTM Contest * Tsunami Load Warning!!!
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I agree, a lot of photo shopping being done. Wish everyone would just play fair. Oh well, I voted for one I know wasn't photoshopped 
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^ post processing is a big part of photography. not just fish, but ANY photography. it's something that takes skill, just like picture taking itself. i dont see any pics that are overly-done IMO
^yeah but rules are:
- Photo must not had been tampered, manipulated, or distorted. Quality of photo is to be determined by Aquaria Central & Monster Fish Keepers Staff Team.
-Just to clarify!!!
YES to cropping
YES to adjusting levels
NO to blacking out your background, unless done naturally.
adjusting levels is one thing but not everyone can use photoshop the extent that others can and that is not fair to those of us who dont know how to use it or may not desire to use it. I can understand light editing and adjustments but not taking out things that you dont like that were in the photo or blacking out the background or things like that. This is not a photography site it may be a big part of photography but this is a fish forum photo of the month and it needs to be on a fair playing field.... if it were aquatic photography then my opinon on this would differ.... and I would agree to allowing it on that site as it is actually photography based.
- Photo must not had been tampered, manipulated, or distorted. Quality of photo is to be determined by Aquaria Central & Monster Fish Keepers Staff Team.
-Just to clarify!!!
YES to cropping
YES to adjusting levels
NO to blacking out your background, unless done naturally.
adjusting levels is one thing but not everyone can use photoshop the extent that others can and that is not fair to those of us who dont know how to use it or may not desire to use it. I can understand light editing and adjustments but not taking out things that you dont like that were in the photo or blacking out the background or things like that. This is not a photography site it may be a big part of photography but this is a fish forum photo of the month and it needs to be on a fair playing field.... if it were aquatic photography then my opinon on this would differ.... and I would agree to allowing it on that site as it is actually photography based.
i would really like to know which pics you are referring to. because i only see a handful of pics with black backgrounds, one of them being mine. just because you see a picture with a black background doesnt mean it was photoshoped. it has to do with how the picture was taking, and the equipment used. a wireless flash used ON TOP of the tank will create shadows on the fish and completed black out the background. it's easy to see which black backgrounds are added in photoshop as you can tell by looking at the outlines of the fish. i can tell you that none of these here appear to have done so.Ash;4048156;4048156 said:
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