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Hullo /p/. Is this too much Photoshop?

I was at the Reno Hot Air Balloon Race today. There were like, a million other photographers there decked out in full battle gear to contend with. The air was really hazy too, but I did my best. How do you decide when to stop when altering an image?
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>> Anonymous
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A random photo from today.

Yes, I was not using a tripod. Maybe /p/ would be more interested in reccomending a good tripod.

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>> Anonymous
>>75287

Nice image - obviously needs some shoop, though.

As for a tripod? Hmmm, one with an easy to detach camera mount is essential. After that, quality vs. price.
>> Anonymous
>>75313

But what makes a good quality tripod?
>> Anonymous
>>75314
generally if you go manfrotto/bogen you can't go wrong. their aluminum offer is decent priced and the quality is very good.
>> Anonymous
>>75317
i'm almost sure mines a bogen, and it's ancient. my grandfather bought it new to use with his old 35mm. i thought it was broken for ages until i realized there's adjustments on the clamps that hold the legs in position.

incredibly solid, and it's withstood everything that me, the environment, my friends, and random shit have thrown at it. i would definitely stress the importance of getting one that's 100% metal, with the exception of the pad the camera sits on. you'll just never have to buy another one unless you lose it/it gets stolen.(which infact happened to mine, and i recovered it a bit scratched but still perfectly functional.)
>> Anonymous
its not photography if you use photoshop
>> Anonymous
>>75319

Pull your ass out of 1944
>> Anonymous
>>75319
Post-processing existed before photoshop. However, PS does give you a lot of freedom in what you can do to your image. I feel that playing with some levels, or increasing the contrast with b&w images and of course cropping is just about as far that I will go with using any image editor. Outside of that, I don't think there's too much you should do since chemical developers for film cannot magically create PS effects (like lens flare lulz).
>> Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j
Fun hot air balloons are fun!

Equipment doesn't matter, it's how you use it.

Anyway, i'm curious to see what the shot looked like before photoshop, but I really like your glow shot. It's pretty. For someone without a tripod, you did good there.
>> Anonymous
>>75280
Way too much Photoshop. There's no light on those baloons AT ALL which is pretty much impossible at that angle to the sun.
>> Anonymous
>>75352
I find levels/curves, low-saturation "photo filters", noise reduction, sharpening, lens correction and cropping quite acceptable. Fuck airbrushing and adding any objects to/taking any objects away from the pic or any thing like that. Unless you do it as a serious artform like those very very awesome photomanipulations, but then it's digital art, not photograpy.
>> elf_man !fBgo7jDjms
Ansel Adams once edited an entire road out of a shot. It really all comes down to the end result, but I agree with>>75368.
OP is overprocessed, looks like a cutout instead of a silhouette, ends up cartoony. I'll second that request to see the original.
Second shot's quite nice, I really like the colors of the darker balloon in the back. Front balloon is a bit over bright to my eyes, but that's a matter of taste.