Lisa-
I have attached the straight out of the camera version from a similar shot. You'll see that I processed the color quite a bit, but you have to keep in mind that most RAW images are rather flat and lack in apparent contrast sometimes. The data is there in the bit depth, it just needs massaged out. Everything I did in processing took place in Capture 1 Pro, no fancy magic in Photoshop.
It's deliberate. I'm not sure what you mean about a style being an "artifact of the processor being used." My photography, like many people on this board is a form of art. I am not concerned with how the scene looked originally. I am only concerned with how the end product looks. And while my processed version doesn't look a whole lot like it's origins (at least in color), the processed version takes it from being a documentary recording (i.e., photograph) to a piece of art that happens to be a photograph. This is just how I view my own work and process. Everyone's interpretation of what is "art" and what is "photography" and how far those styles can be taken are different.
Hope that answers your question.
-J
Hi Justin, was there a lot of post processing done?
I am seeing a fair amount of images here which look almost like illustrations and I am wondering if it's deliberate or some artifact of the processors being used, or if its something else entirely.
Thanks.
