I don’t usually retouch my pictures even though there is a very useful feature in Lightroom which makes it possible for you to export them into Photoshop and then reimport them into Lightroom. It won’t destroy the original, it will create a new copy and you will then be able to keep both copies just in case you want to start all over again.
I took the picture above in Antibes two weeks ago. It was so balmy it was unbelievable. Freezing temperature in Paris, and lower 70s over there. A dream.
What wasn’t a dream though was all these details I hated in that picture. I loved the lady moving fast on the lefthand side, I hated all the posts and signs. So I took them away (at least the more annoying ones). I left the manhole cover in the foreground because it didn’t bother me that much. It is obviously debatable whether one should or not do that. Traffic signs are a constant of our Cityscapes. I only wish sometimes they weren’t so ugly. Well, if you agree or disagree, just leave a comment.
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Je suis photographe et aquarelliste. Je pratique la photographie depuis l'enfance et la photographie numérique depuis 1995. J'en ai fait mon activité principale en 2021. Je possède un studio photo dans le 15e arrondissement de Paris
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I’ve wrestled a lot with the ethics of altering images since last year’s story about one of my all-time photographic idols (http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-mccurry-photo-editing-scandal-2016-5). In journalism, there should be no question that any alteration is forbidden — because such photos are intended to represent the “truth” of a particular moment, and to serve as a historical record. But what if the image is shot for artistic purposes, and mainly for one’s own enjoyment? Then I think you are free to remove (or add) whatever you please! Which you have done quite masterfully, I must add. You are wise in the ways of Photoshop, Yann.