RWatkins Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 A good friend of mine makes his living as a photographer for The Times and has more recently started doing weddings in a journalistic style. I've noticed a lot of his photos have a deliberately added vignette (either that or his lenses have a severe fall-off). This is something I've seen in some images on Alamy too. Some are subtle: Some not so sublte: I've always left my images for stock with little processing to allow the buyer to do what they want but I'm wondering if this is something I should be thinking about for new images that I feel may benefit from it. What do others do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell Watkins Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.I really like vignetting so I have to rein myself in otherwise I overdo it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digi2ap Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 The danger is when the intended vignette looks like lens fall-off - it does to me in one of these examples especially. I'd only add a vignette if it was part of a clear, stylistic choice that the image would benefit from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dov makabaw Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I often add a slight vignette so that the viewer is directed more towards the subject. My preference is to only do it very slightly so that it can barely be seen. IMO at the end of the day it is a matter of personal choice and personal style. No presentation can suit all. I guess I agree with you to leave it to the buyer. dov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardM Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Personally, I say the 'subtle' ones are far worse - at least the vignetting in the latter two looks deliberate. The first two give me the impression of incompetence on the photographers part. Although not to my taste, I could see how someone could argue for its inclusion in the aircraft picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York Photographer Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 It can make an image look that bit more dramatic, and its something your average punter can't do, so it adds abit of magic to otherwise unremarkable images. Easily overdone (like most manipulations!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Endicott Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I do it sometimes to portraits to add to the mood of the image. Here's one from a recent shoot.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Ramsay Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 When working in the darkroom I very often used to burn the corners of my prints by 5 - 10% - same principle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpics Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Remember that the buyer can always put a vignette on the images if they want to, to take it off is more difficult. If you make a stylistic choice of using one, why not upload both images (with and without). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Brooks Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I sometime burn in or lighten the corners to create an atmosphere, or direct attention. Here is burn in for an image about depression. Here is lighter corners, lighter than the the lens correction, for a snow scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Adding vinaigrette to images. Sorry the misspelling brought me in another direction. I remove the lens fall-off instead. Will consider a rare adding of vignetting to certain images in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWatkins Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 Adding vinaigrette to images. Could make a bland image more palatable? Didn't spot the additional N in the title and it doesn't appear possible to edit a title, only the message. Thank you all for your comments, I will keep the idea in the back of my mind when processing images but use it rarely I feel. Next question, what is the best way to achieve a subtle result? Dodge/burn tool or feathered selection and levels or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York Photographer Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I use the vignette sliders in lens correction in CS2, give a nice subtle and controllable effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I considered this a while ago and one thing that has made me pause is the possibility that the buyer would like to re-crop the image. So I have done some but mostly don't and try to keep it subtle these days. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Endicott Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Next question, what is the best way to achieve a subtle result? Dodge/burn tool or feathered selection and levels or something else? I use the slider in Lightroom. About 95% of my processing is done completely in Lightroom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Baker Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 .. I use the slider in Lightroom. About 95% of my processing is done completely in Lightroom Me too, giving it a value of -10 or so. So yes, the subtle look. Rgds, Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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