DDA - Dramatic Digital Alterations

[Oakley]

Just wondering how many of you perform DDA's (Dramatic Digital Alterations) on your photos?

I'm finding that it's a good tool to make an "ok" shot really stand out. But it feels like cheating, you know?

Anyway...here are some DDA examples...

This is "Colored Pencil"....
http://thepupil.smugmug.com/photos/35000985-M.jpg

This is "Film Grain?".....Look Closely...
http://thepupil.smugmug.com/photos/35000988-M.jpg

And this is just a plain ol negative.
http://thepupil.smugmug.com/photos/35002856-M.jpg

Any thoughts?

[behr655]

Nice!

I find I can turn some ho-hummers into some nice pictures using heavy processing.

Bear

[Dach]

Just wondering how many of you perform DDA's (Dramatic Digital Alterations) on your photos?
I gotta love how Photoshop can turn an ordinary photo into something spectacular. I have a few examples in my galleries, like this one:
http://Dach.smugmug.com/photos/1110468-M-1.jpg
or this one:
http://Dach.smugmug.com/photos/1110491-M-1.jpg
I have a few others if you poke around. My point is, it's not cheating; it's art. You still have to take a reasonably good picture to begin with, and then make alterations that don't screw it up, like this (definitely not my best work:
http://Dach.smugmug.com/photos/1283445-M-1.jpg