Originally posted by jheu02 Hey all,
Great shots here to those who've had them accepted. I'm thinking of submitting a couple and have set up the account, etc. The rules for submission state dodge and burn ok but moving around of pixels not. Filters and such should only really be "in camera" i.e. it seems from reading this that you're not supposed to do much PP other than cropping and resizing.
So, it's got me a little confused. I have a fairly simple PP software, and dodge/burn is not one of its features. So what do I do if there's sensor dust in a shot I wanted to clone out...not OK?
Also, what about monochrome? Do they want the conversion in-camera or is that OK to do PP?
I've submitted these questions directly to PPG, but wanted to get the real skinny on what is acceptable to do in PP from those who've had pics accepted.
If this has been discussed, I missed it in my searching. Just direct me to the page I need.
Thanks,
John, they're looking for photos which are looking like photos. So, cloning out sensor dusts, computerwise monochrome conversions, pushing saturation, etc. etc. etc. is allowed. Just let your photos look like photos, not like paintings or something like that.
If you browse through the PPG it's obvious everybody manipulates his or her photos to some extent. Don't hesitate to do what you think is necessary to let your photos shine!