Sorry, Dario ... those "distractions" contribute to the story. They were left there specifically to give the people a sense of place. Without those items they could be against a wall anywhere.
Shel Belinkoff > [Original Message] > From: Dario Bonazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trying to get rid of some distracting details, I ended up with this one: > http://www.dariobonazza.com/paw/outside1-grey.jpg > > Dario > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 9:17 PM > Subject: Re: Outside the Shattuck Theater in Berkeley > > > > Hi Bruce ... > > > > I was going to convert to B&W ... it actually looked pretty good with a > > simple greyscal flip in PS - but decided to get some feedback, see if > > anyone cared for the colors. I usually "see" in B&W, and am often > > distracted by color, or am not the best judge of its use in photographs. > > The top one's my first choice as well. > > > > Here's the same photo in color and with two conversion techniques. The > > conversions were just quickies, but the differences are pretty clear. > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~digisnaps/outside-conv.html > > > > Thanks for taking time to comment. > > > > Shel Belinkoff
