Hi Frank ... I'll be playing around with this guy a bit over time, mainly to see what works better or not. His face was purposely obscured, as were some details on his clothing and body. Most people feel, as do you, that the rendering doesn't work the way it is. I tend to agree, but don't know which way I want to go with it just yet. Oooh! I just got an idea ;-)) Stay tuned!
BTW, I don't "dodge" or "burn" in Photoshop. There are too many other, better options for showing more or reducing detail ;-)) Shel > [Original Message] > From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> > Date: 5/11/2005 4:21:25 PM > Subject: Re: PAW PESO - B 2 Kool > > On 5/10/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This started out as a screwed up scan of an image that, it turned out, I > > didn't care for, but I decided to run with it and see what could evolve. > > Comments and crits invited and welcome. As Boris would say, be ruthless > > <LOL> > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/b2kool.html > > > > Like it. > > A lot. > > All those shadows, with their subtle differences of grey and white, > are mesmerizing. > > I love the geometrical patterns playing themselves out both in the > railings and in the aforementioned shadows. Love that window-nook > being off-centre. > > Only thing that kind of bothers me a bit (but not enough to affect > that I think it's a wonderful shot) is that on my screen at least, the > figure in the window is quite dark, and his face is blank - almost as > if it has no detail at all. Not just that the photo shows us no > detail, but the effect for me is that his face is actually > featureless. It's weird, and quite discomforting. > > Still, I think it's a terrific shot. > > Could you dodge his face a bit maybe?
