pat_cooney

Thanks, Geir, for your clarification on the limited degree to which your striking image was manipulated. As Phil Greenspun says in his "Definition of Unmanipulated" (http://photo.net/photodb/manipulation), "In other words, to produce a image like yours, do they need to work on their camera technique or their Photoshop technique?" I agree with Phil that the answer to this question is crucial for our learning more effective image making.

This image puzzles me. If I understand correctly, the artist asserts that this is a "straight" photography and, as far as I've read, all the published comments take it to be such a "capture." Yet there is no EXIF data attached to the image and all the relevant "details" fields state "unknown" about the making of this image. Further, the image's dynamic range and the seemingly inconsistent shadows cast by the boat, trees, and other objects suggest significant graphic arts manipulation. I'd appreciate a more specific explanation from the artist of how this striking image was crafted. After all, we all wish to better master our craft here, no?