The top 100 images without Photoshop

[ajfotofilmagem]

I found this spectacular selection of photos that appear to be, but are NOT created on computer.

http://incrivel.club/admiracao-fotografia/as-100-melhores-imagens-sem-photoshop-6755/

 

[Click]

Stunning pictures. 8)

Thanks for sharing.

 

[RGF]

Great pictures. Though I suspect that the night sky in Namibia had some photoshop done to get the dunes so light and still show the night sky w/ stars

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi RGF.
I thought, maybe incorrectly that the no photoshop bit meant that there were no composite images, I assumed that they would all have been processed from raw with lightening and darkening as needed (maybe even a 5 stop shadow lift in there somewhere : ;D).

Cheers, Graham.

 

[geekpower]

I've seen this list before. A few nice pics in there, for sure, but I never bought the "no photoshop" headline. That can mean a lot of things to different people. To some it might mean, "no post processing of any kind" while to others it might mean "no compositing, but everything else allowed." Half of these pics have the colour saturation cranked up so far they hurt my eyes, and a few of them are either composites or are using masks to apply pretty extreme effects to only parts of the image.

 

[brad-man]

Wonderful collection of photos, but that musical chameleon looks like a candidate for the "ethics in photography" thread...

 

[Khristo]

I think "without Photoshop" must mean with Affinity Photo

Most questionable one for me is the spider web in the leaf. Perspective all wrong and the focus fading away into the back/top. Hmmmm...

 

[ajfotofilmagem]

I do not know the criteria to classify these pictures. But I believe it means that no element was added or removed from the photo in post production.

The layman in photography think that if an image "has Photoshop" has created an effect that did not exist when you pressed the shutter button of the camera. And then removed some imperfection that was part of the image. Lay people do not know that photographers use Photoshop (or equivalent software) also to return to the pictures appearance that the human eye has seen before pressing the shutter button.

 

[chauncey]

I know of no images whatsoever completely devoid of any computer activity...those included.
Any photographer with a mediocrity of intelligence would grasp that principle.

 

[AcutancePhotography]

Wow, those are some very interesting photographs.

Thanks for posting the link

 

[scyrene]

I know of no images whatsoever completely devoid of any computer activity...those included.
Any photographer with a mediocrity of intelligence would grasp that principle.

Do you mean a 'modicum'?

 

[snowleo]

Hello everyone

This is my first post at all. I just viewed all the 'top 100' images and some of them reminded me of my last year's holiday in Botswana and Namibia. I have been to all these places like Sossusvlei, Fish River Canyon, Etosha, Damara Land and the Quiver Tree Forest a.s.o. Some of those pictures were nearly the same I was able to take down there - like the example in this post. I will contribute some more pics in the future, so 'see you later'

 

[krisbell]

Yep, I agree with the comments above - the vast majority are strongly and/or poorly photoshopped and the chameleon one is another sad example of extreme, unethical animal manipulation...shame as there are a few great photos there in amongst the crap.

 

[Maximilian]

Hello everyone

This is my first post at all. I just viewed all the 'top 100' images and some of them reminded me of my last year's holiday in Botswana and Namibia. I have been to all these places like Sossusvlei, Fish River Canyon, Etosha, Damara Land and the Quiver Tree Forest a.s.o. Some of those pictures were nearly the same I was able to take down there - like the example in this post. I will contribute some more pics in the future, so 'see you later'

Hello snowleo!

And welcome to CR.
Beautiful first picture. Awaiting more to come

 

[Click]

Hello everyone

This is my first post at all. I just viewed all the 'top 100' images and some of them reminded me of my last year's holiday in Botswana and Namibia. I have been to all these places like Sossusvlei, Fish River Canyon, Etosha, Damara Land and the Quiver Tree Forest a.s.o. Some of those pictures were nearly the same I was able to take down there - like the example in this post. I will contribute some more pics in the future, so 'see you later'

Great shot 8) ....and welcome to CR.

 

[chauncey]

I fail to understand the difference in allowing your camera's software to decide how an image should "look" as opposed to your choices in LR/PS.
In my mind, the only thing that matters is the quality of that final print.

 

[Orangutan]

I fail to understand the difference in allowing your camera's software to decide how an image should "look" as opposed to your choices in LR/PS.
In my mind, the only thing that matters is the quality of that final print.

Well, that depends on what you're producing, who your target audience is, and whether there's a commercial component. If you're only shooting for yourself then do whatever you want. As soon as journalism, commerce, competition, etc, are involved, the standard goes up considerably. In short, you can do whatever you want with your photograph so long as you don't misrepresent its creation. In my book, even tall tales about how you got the shot are misrepresentations.

 

[jvirta]

Most questionable one for me is the spider web in the leaf. Perspective all wrong and the focus fading away into the back/top. Hmmmm...

It kind of looks like fake, but the "center bone" of the leaf is at the top and the other half can be seen through the hole in the leaf. The web is not cross the hole but instead connecting the edges of the folded leaf so the perspective and blur is correct.

 

[xseven]

The one with the cloud above the excavator looks fake to me ... the shadows are all wrong ...

 

[MrFotoFool]

The third one on the list has the people in color and the rest of the scene in black and white. So there is absolutely, positively no way that is an unmanipulated photo.