Just a rant...

[Dogman]

But those "overcooked" photos SELL!

We've got a local guy here who goes to all of the art shows and sells prints which I must admit are attractive and visually pleasing, mostly of local urban scenes.

However, it's obvious that they are worked over, as in power lines and anything distracting, such as litter on the street or pothole repair carefully cloned out and such.

I'm really not opposed to hyper reality photographs. It's just when they dominate the entire field. Mostly I shoot B&W but I do like doing a bit of color at times. When I do color, I sometimes like to punch up individual colors for effect.

Power lines, litter and potholes? Jeez, I love making those types of perceived flaws the prime focus of my pictures. One man's trash, another man's treasure.