On 23 Feb 2004 at 21:02, Bruce Dayton wrote: > I would be curious as to what you think of this. It was shot with a > Pentax Soft lens and I have gotten strong response - so far, people > either really like the effect, or they really don't.
Hi Bruce, Looking at the image from a technical perspective I have no problem with the shift, in fact I can't see any obvious pointers to its use at all. What I did see (approximately in the following order) was the fountain (brightness makes it stand out) and the water off the fountain (at a glance it looks like it's cascading in the brides hair). A little dodge and burn could even the balance out a bit and. Then I noticed the softening (in particular the glow around the white of the dress), I'm not sure if it's a good or bad effect but it does seem to be prevalent in this type of image at the moment. It's obviously not just a snap, in context it's a nice wedding pic and I'm sure if I was a participant in the wedding I'd be pleased with the image. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
