Two photos.
One location.
One subject.
One camera.
(A crappy camera)
Some time ago - what now seems like a long, long time ago before quarantine and coronavirus filled our lives - I was out in the nearby State Park for a hike, which is where this photo was taken. There was nothing particularly striking about the photo, the subject, or even the reason for taking the photo other than I was using one of my "crappy cameras" (a digital camera with a sensor size of less than 2 megapixels). It looked like it might be a fun landscape, at the time, so I snapped it. The interesting thing about this particular camera is that it doesn't have a viewfinder, and the LCD on it is essentially useless, meaning I need to literally eyeball the photo and hope it works.
When I got home I subject the photo to a small series of colour correction enhancements to make what would have been an ugly grey blur an actual image, and it turned out pretty good: the sky is blue, the trees frame the playground set, and one might imagine some fairies beginning to wake up from a long winter slumber to go accost some poor child looking to burn off some energy.
I wasn't terribly happy with the picture, though. It just didn't pop. So I went back to the drawing board and sent it through a different set of enhancements, but this time focussed on contrast instead of colour and put it through a black and white treatment.
I like the second result much more than the first. It has more character to it. It's not just a bland, boring picture of a playground; instead it's a menacing, scary image where zombies and clowns lurk behind every tree. Even the sky looks angry, ready to punish any who have done it ill with a swift, firm lightning bolt of evil justice.
Yes, that's what I like about it.
The moral of this story, boys and girls, is that yes, post processing matters, and it can ruin, or make, an otherwise boring picture into something better.
(c) All images and photographs, unless otherwise specified, are created and owned by me.
(c) Victor Wiebe
About Me
Amateur photographer. Wannabe author. Game designer. I dabble a little in a lot. General all around problem-solver and creative type.
I host a weekly Hive photography competition named Photo 52.
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