Hi Paul, I played around with curves and with shadows/highlights, and was able to get the contrast down a bit. In fact, after uploading the pic I decided i wasn't satisfied with it and redid it with a little less brightness using curves to tone down the highlights somewhat.
Yep, it's a busy scene, but that's market Street ... not much one can do about it, as you said. The drummer's location was such that I couldn't catch the sign without catching all the other stuff, and I did want the sign in there. Nope, it ain't a great photo, but I do like the documentary aspect - a bit of what happens on the street. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > Date: 4/16/2005 8:05:13 AM > Subject: Re: PESO PAW - Fire Eating Drummer > > Hi Shel, > I can easily see the whole image. It fills less than 1/2 my screen. > It's a fun situation, but it gets lost in the pic. Of course the scene > is what it is, but the busy background is very distracting. The blazing > overhead light is unattractive. A little less contrast might improve > the shot but I don't know that there's much you can do with this one. > However, it does work as a look at an interesting moment. It just > doesn't work very well as a photograph. > > On Apr 16, 2005, at 10:22 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/firedrum.html
