Originally Posted by
rootboy
I will say, at the slight risk of offending Franswa, which is not my intention, but as an old film shooter, I don't care much for manipulated photos. I hate to say it but I like the original photo better than the doctored one shown above, which I immediately noticed had been "adjusted". I'm just old fashioned, I guess. It's a fine picture.
The tools have changed - i.e., the digital darkroom (Photoshop) has replaced the analog darkroom, pixels have replaced emulsion - but the techniques that [MENTION=382113]franswa[/MENTION] mentions - dodging, burning - have existed for almost as long as photography itself.
That said, I, too, agree that I actually prefer the original to the retouched file, which to my eye looks hypersaturated. Of course, a lot of that comes down to personal preference
