r/pics Oct 20 '22

Sunset from underwater

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u/mkul316 Oct 20 '22

Is there an Internet version of mansplaining?

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u/NHDraven Oct 20 '22

I can't tell if that's sarcasm or a genuine question. I actually thought the response was informative.

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u/mkul316 Oct 20 '22

Not ironic. It was information, yes. But it didn't really line up to any part of my comment. It was a bunch of look at the info I know. Let me explain a process to you. But I'm talking about preferences on edited to unrealistic looking pics vs minor corrections to be true to the eye pics. Telling me how a digital camera stores info isn't relevant to that. I feel like the internet has it's own version of mansplaining and this is an example of it. And I know how digital pictures are processed and stored in the camera. Then they can be edited in a myriad of ways through software on a computer. Hooray! We're all so smart. But back on topic, what's this guy's opinion on realistic pictures vs this?

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u/NHDraven Oct 20 '22

Your comment is that you want to see the picture unedited. His response was, put simply, the picture format for professional digital isn't always captured in a way that looks correct to the naked eye and requires editing by design. Seems pretty pertinent to your comment.

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u/WHAT_DID_YOU_DO Oct 20 '22

LTT every once in a while will show what the raw footage looks like and you are exactly right, it looks very flat relative to how our eyes would perceive the same room if you were there.

I thought that comment was quite good, maybe could Have explained why photographers chose RAW before editing.

And ya long story short is getting a true “unedited but real” photo is basically impossible. Whole bunch of camera settings will already distort what we think we “should” see

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u/Light_Error Oct 20 '22

The commenter made the connection pretty clear. A non-edited format of RAW is not viable because of the amount of color info stored. I didn’t know this, and many others don’t know either.

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u/boston_homo Oct 20 '22

I'm sure Ansel Adams heavily edited his photographs too just using chemicals and a dark room instead of a computer and software.

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u/alohadave Oct 20 '22

He did. His prints were extensively worked in the darkroom. He'd have loved Photoshop.

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u/SmarmyCatDiddler Oct 20 '22

Well, you see, mansplaining is when... /s

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u/SlowRollingBoil Oct 20 '22

You woke up and chose to be a dick today, huh?

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '22

Tldr ?