{"id":12505,"date":"2015-09-22T01:40:45","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T05:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=12505"},"modified":"2015-09-22T10:40:38","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T14:40:38","slug":"real-versus-surreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/real-versus-surreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Real versus Surreal"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have no doubt that punchy delicious colours and heavily altered contrast can grab the attention of viewers. I saw Fantasia, I look at Facebook.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a matter of right or wrong, or right or left. With modern software, tweaking colour and contrast has never been easier.<\/p>\n

Below are three versions of an image I exposed digitally\u00a0in the Rhein Valley. Not<\/strong> necessarily in order: One image is RAW (straight out of the camera, only reduced in size for internet), the other two have been altered.<\/p>\n

Of these latter two images, one is my interpretation of how the scene appeared at the time I exposed the photo, the other is pure fantasy.<\/p>\n

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I’m calling this version Image A.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This one is Image B.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Image C.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019ll let you sort out which is which. Of the three, which do you like the most?<\/p>\n

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