Knife web-stores manipulating images?

jac_solar

jac_solar

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How come some knife selling websites sometimes manipulate, usually by slightly blurring (Ie, smart blur.) the images of the knives they are selling? The point of the pictures in these cases isn't "art" -- it's supposed to represent the item you are purchasing. Manipulating that in any way does not serve that purpose; in fact, it does the opposite.
 
Now surely it goes without saying
That there is a whole industry out there
which supports the creative visual aspects
of any product which goes for sale.
Namely commercial photographers, videographers and the likes.
The whole point is to capture the most alluring image ever
In order to captivate interest.
Be that as it may,
It's still only a single dimensional image
And will never quite capture the entirety of the subject.
There are only good sides to shoot and release for the sake of creating positive media.
 
TechDoc said:
Can you give an example? I haven't noticed this.
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I don't know if it's exactly the same reasons, but I noticed most retailer pics of the Kershaw CQC-4k(I think that's the one) shows handle scales that are MUCH darker than the ones on the actual knife...
 
singularity35 said:
Ever see posters of burgers?
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I can understand trying to make a burger look better than what you'll actually get at a fast food restaurant, but what would be the motivation for doing this to a knife? Is there some way to make a knife look sharper or more durable (or even better looking) by manipulating a photo? Call me skeptical, but I'd like to see some examples.

I completely understand this for someone trying to sell a used knife to take photos in such a way as to hide scratches on the blade or other flaws, but for a new knife I just don't see the motivation. My guess would be that the pictures are either too low resolution, the images are over-compressed to save bandwidth, or these retailer just have bad photography skills.
 
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