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Chinney
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ottawa, ON
 
2009-12-05, 10:06

Well that's why I referred to the spirit of the rules, rather than the technicalities. I interpreted the spirit of the rules as what I would call "naturalistic" representation, rather than what I would call the "stylized" or "surrealistic" approach. Looking through a lot of popular photography these days, I would say that the stylized or surrealistic approach is dominant, so it is nice to have a contest where we emphasize something else. That said, there is nothing in shooting RAW that is incompatible with a naturalistic approach.

(I would add, finally, that surrealistic, highly processed photos can be very nice in their own right. While maybe the easy availability of the technology means that there is a bit too much of it these days for my taste, it is also true that processing can allow for further creativity and can take the final representation in whole new and very beautiful directions. There are no hard and fast rules as to what is "true" photography.)

When there's an eel in the lake that's as long as a snake that's a moray.

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