retouched pictures time for a ban?

[Bern]

Kevan, aggree with you 100% .

I wasn't aware that dealers were doing this, I wonder how that sits with Trading Standards?

However, the mag issue has long been an particular complaint of mine. What I find stupid is that is isn't necessary. Last year (2004) I produced a report on the fish that won the BKKS National. Mark Gardner (KoiKit & Koichat) provided most of the photos. Mark had used an editing program to remove airlines, bubbles and other fish etc, leaving the subject of the piece the centre of attention. That is all that is required, a good photo doesn't need enhancing.

rgds
Bern

[Charlespear]

Tom, the photo looks fine to me!!

[James P]

Do you guys believe that all those girls selling clothing and such in those magazines REALLY look like that? Or that those gals in the gal mags really look like that?? Or that hotel rooms and cabins aboard cruise ships are really like the pictures? Or that a Big mac looks looks like it does on TV? PAALEEASE! Its called marketing. Anyone who buys a koi over the internet from pictures needs to have their head examined! Let the buyer beware------


JR

PS Tom Criuse is a well loved leading man and action hero. I think he actually stands about five feet tall!

[saratogatan]

They are many ways to play with photos. Touching up a photo has never been easier. There are many 'freewares' out there, especially for people running UNIX core on their PC, that can do magic to photos.

Touched up photo is something we cannot 'filter out'.

A second approach some people use is to change the color saturation for their digital photo. That can have the effect, in koi terms, making beni, shiro, kiwa sashi and the whole nine yard sharper than the real thing. However, there is a way to defeat this. They are people specialized in color calibration, what they do is produce a standard color saturation 'map' that you can load onto your color printer, monitor driver and or any digital imaging products. If you are interested in a koi by photo, send that map to the dealer, ask him to take a photo using that map, and mail you the digital image. You can then print or look at that photo on your equipments. That 'map' is specific for your equipment, the dealer is likely have no use of it. It makes no sense for him/her to dictate the photo as he can not see the outcome, so he might as well not do anything to it. Of cource if I am the dealer, and you are asking me to do that for a koi that I make less than a couple hundred bugs, I will ask you to take a hike.

BTW, that 'map' use to cost around $40 on the internet.

stan

[gregbickal]

Some websites are putting live video of the koi on. I think that is the way to go. You get to see all angles, in motion, not just the koi's good side.