Friday, September 2, 2011

Which is the Real Thing?



This is the field across from the Catholic church in Tres Pinos, just off Highway 25. It's the field in which skydivers land on the west end and hang gliders take flight on the east end. The landscape looks just as wonderful from the sky as it does from the road.

I took the above photo around 5 p.m. last Friday. This image is untouched. So either I have a dusty lens or it was rather smoggy that day. It could be a combination of both.

Now, see how the image looks when I did some adjusting of brightness, contrast, and color in Photoshop.  My question is this: Which image shows the scene as it really is—the top, middle, or bottom photo? 


After clicking on the auto levels and auto contrast in Photoshop


After clicking on the auto color in Photoshop

2 comments:

  1. real is in the eyes of the beholder:)

    The adjustments you made to the photo highlighted or brought out the best of its original colors, temperatures and shadows. Sort of like the different effects different people can do to us, but we are still the real person regardless of how bright our smiles are or not.

    I hope I make sense, still, love all the pictures.

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  2. oceangirl, that totally makes sense and such truth in my mind...What I wonder is if the middle and top photos present what the world would look without our protective atmosphere. Thanks for dropping by. :-)

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