Not at all, simply bringing back to life what the camera sensor doesn't present or capture. Especially RAW files, as they look dull, and you really do need to bring things back to life. Camera sensor is limited in it's ability sometimes, especially low light situations, depending on camera. The info is in the file, just have to bring it out. When doing so, such as adding exposure/light, it adds noise, so you need software to get rid of that, or it will look blurry. Some folks go a bit too vivid with the photo, but I never do, as prefer it back to as real as possible. Most of my edit is just clean up, seperation of colors, contrast, and taking out any noise that might have gotten added, or simply there do to low lighting and camera attempted to adjust it. Zoom lenses, which I use, are notorious for smaller aperatures, unless spending big bucks. Lenses are expensive enough as they are. Larger aperaturs, large bucks. One lens starts at 5.6, another at 4. Your average smartphone starts at around 2, which is a huge advantage. My stronger zoom 200-600mm @ F5.6 cost ~$2k USD 600mm @ F4 cost ~$13.8k USA (see below) Advantage of my lenses, I have 55-600mm range, and on crop body, turns into 900mm reach. Far superior than any smartphone. Good luck getting of the details, sharpness, of my wildlife or any photos I take, at a distance, with a smartphone ... and if I pay attention, may not need any editing at all. Since wildlife, especially birds, doen't profile for you more that a few seconds at times, you'll need a minor edit. I can also control the Bokeh effect to hightlight the subject matter from background. Along with creating optical illusion of crowded or open spaces, which news agencies use to present fake news. Making a few people look like a mass gathering or the opposite, for their spin. For general knock around use, a smartphone is pretty damn handy, unless taking portraits of people, which can probably add effects afterwards, where I can do, with a simply turn of dial while shooting, without really going into the settings.
Create an account or sign in to comment