Deadneddz Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 #2, that one makes me feel like I could actually be there. It looks sharper to me also, which makes me feel like I can see everything like it were real, instead of just looking at a picture. #1 seemed most realistic at first, but upon further gazing, its #2 that is best/most realistic for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aimless1 Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 #2 most accurate #1 looks best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerius Posted October 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Also, now that I think about it, I'm gonna look at the names of each file if I was to save the pic, because most people name photo alterations in sequence, so the first one (not in order posted, but in alphabetical/numerical order) should, if my theory is correct, be the original. EDIT: Dahahaha! Well, what do you know... The problem is I thought of that and randomized the names before uploading. I knew someone was going to take a look at the filenames so I took care of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypasswordis Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 So that means the first one isn't the most accurate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaox2 Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 I like #4 the most. I like #2 the sharpness of the rocks and that the colors stand out more, but hate the blurred tree line. #4 is a good compromise that is a little less fatiguing. #1 seems the most realistic to me though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 #1 for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiug31 Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 #4 for easiest to look at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 I prefer the one with the naked lady hidden in the bushes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 I prefer the one with the naked lady hidden in the bushes. That's actually George Michael. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robm321 Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 The second one looks the most natural to me. The others look more colorful but a bit excessive and unnatural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Y'all like the first one because you have your monitors set too bright and it's the darkest. I go with the last one -- "d" -- as being the most accurate (given my guess about what the original scene looked like), and it also happens to be the one I like the most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 I just think this is another case of aerius fucking with us. There's no way to tell which is the most accurate without actually seeing it live. My preference is for the 3rd one tho. And there are 5 so E would be the last one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 No, I mean the one labelled "d" in the name, which is the fifth one. a, b, e, c, d is the order he has them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 ah, ok, I didn't read his names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaming oranges Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 What if he shuffles them and renames them on a daily basis? Now that would really be fucking with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 It would also defeat the purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 depends on the purpose. I mostly think all aerius looks to do is fuck with people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Not always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 That's actually George Michael. Close enough, Plus I hear he's a sure thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaming oranges Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerius Posted October 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 There's no way to tell which is the most accurate without actually seeing it live. Bingo, we have a winner. The only person who'd know for certain which one is the most accurate is me, since I'm the only one who was there to see the scene with my eyes. Which goes back to the audio world and all the music which we use when auditioning equiment, doing comparisons, or just writing up casual impressions. Unless you were there for the recording & production of the music, how would you know how it's supposed to sound? Yet in countless review & impressions posts, and I'm as guilty of it as anyone else, people claim that so & so is accurate and this gear is coloured since the music they're using should or shouldn't sound that way. But outside of a few rare cases, how can you know? Of all my CD's there's maybe 2 where I was there through the entire process with the musicians so I can definitively say, "yes, this is what the artist says it should sound like", and another couple albums where I can make a reasonable guess since I've been to the venue and I know the characteristics of the recording equipment. Everything else is a crapshoot, I can say what kind of gear makes it sound best to me but I can't make a guess at accuracy. 3rd one down is the most accurate one. The photo was taken on an overcast day with small breaks in the clouds so the lighting is soft with fairly low contrast which allows more saturation on the colours. I got the picture just as the sun was about to break through so there's a few highlights on the tree tops. The rest were edited for various effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Frankly, I think this exercise says more about the various processes we use to arrive at the decision "which is best." As for accuracy, meh, what's the original and what's most accurate and what's the artist's intent are the subjects of a gazillion signified/signifier/PoMo writings. It usually ends up in an endless loop of circular logic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 (edited) I mostly think all aerius looks to do is fuck with people. Bingo, we have a winner! Edited October 29, 2009 by Voltron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypasswordis Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Ooh awesome. Interesting how I thought 3 looked the most fake due to the saturations and lack of any depth. What the artist says it should sound like usually differs from what it actually ends up sounding like by quite a bit, so even the artist doesn't completely know how things will turn out. Now that I've acquired an extremely neutral and revealing setup (CR-620 -> SR-X Mk3) I realize every recording is mastered differently, some with more/less treble, harshness, flabby bass, etc etc, and the best way to enjoy music is to have your system make as much as it can sound good. And thus is the difference between pro audio and audiophile gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPH Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Yet in countless review & impressions posts, and I'm as guilty of it as anyone else, people claim that so & so is accurate and this gear is coloured since the music they're using should or shouldn't sound that way. But outside of a few rare cases, how can you know? I'm speaking for myself, but I go to a lot of classical concerts at different venues, I've played trumpet in a youth symphonic orchestra and I participated in a couple of big bands and harmonies so I know pretty much how unamplified instruments are supposed to sound. Since I've started this hobby, I've played my music collection on a bunch of different setups and I figured out which albums sound like the real thing and which ones do not. One variable left is whether sound engineers wanted to give a certain studio flavor to the album or if they wanted it to sound like live music. I always take for granted that they want it to sound like live music, but I could be wrong. The last variable left is how much my setup affects the sound. So I don't think it too far-fetched to use words such as "accurate" and "coloured". With that said, I have no clue if my audio memory is accurate and if my hearing is good, medium or bad, and there are no real ways to test that, so what I said above could be void by that. Thumbs up for the thread, it was an interesting idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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