Sorry Bill, but with respect, I have to agree with Lasse here. I too, felt that the shot appeared to be too dark. It is kind of "muddy" on my screen which is callibrated sRGB.
I have done very similar tight crops on many occasions and love to "break" the rules, but for some reason, whether it be her expression or maybe the lighting, I am not keen on this shot... I think it would probably lend itself to black and white better than colour, although the contrast is very low so not sure about that. I just don't really like the colours which appear very "flat" to me. *eek, sorry* tan. (this is the first time I have ever posted anything negative about a photographer's work, usually I just refrain from posting anything if I don't love a shot, but thought I'd better get me some balls... so to speak). -----Original Message----- From: Lasse Karlsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 26 February 2004 4:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PAW (Robb's) From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My humble contribution for this week. > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/IMGP2449ni.html > > My intention is to produce a new photograph each week for this > project. > This was shot last Sunday. > I am sure there will be more of this model in the future. I guess you're welcoming comments on it? My monitor is not calibrated, why I sometimes - as when looking at this picture - ask myself whether it renders everything a bit too dark, or not. She, or her eye/gaze, doesn't really "come through" to me, so to speak. You already mentioned the nose, which did disturb me a quite a bit. There is also something about the tight crop or position of the head - or maybe I even would have liked a further crop of the left (her right) cheek and up to her chin, in order to pull forward her left eye a bit more, but maybe that wouldn't be a picture you wanted. Thanks, Lasse
