Cotty wrote: > > >> <http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/spare5.html> > >> > >> I'll remove it shortly. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Cotty > >> ========= > >> Huh. Make it much much darker. Well, it doesn't look bad, I must admit. > >> > >> Thanks, Cotty! > >> > >> Marnie aka Doe > > > > On 27/11/05, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >nooo - too dark thee hands look like claws - but I > >guess Cotty likes Eugene Smith. > >I like the first one much much more... > > Ann, I just tried searching on the web for an Arnold Newman pic that is > one of my favourites - couldn't find it so I snapped it from one of his > books - I'll put it on the same page as Marnie's mom's hands for a short > while. It's quick and dirty but a fairly close match to the book page - > maybe your monitor will be not to far out from mine.... > > <http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/spare5.html> > > I think you know where I'm heading ;-) > > Cheers, > Cotty > Yikes! - Cotty, we just have to agree to disagree - It is one thing to work up the light and stuff if you are taking a photo of something like, um, dare I say , a couple of green peppers but if you are photographing a person it might be nice to reveal something of their character instead of looking at their faces or hands as if they were simply an object. The shot of Truman is terrible. Nothing to do with his character at all, all to do with how cleverly the photgrapher can light him. It is al showing off the photgrapher's ego - not a portrait of Harry at all. feh
I'm serious but kidding you, too. ann > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________
