Mark, I appreciate your color sense and think you're close to succeeding. An anti-Velvia, "hand coloring" look is a good thing. Would suit a wine bottle label. Ya there Tom?
Jack --- Mark Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jack, > > Thanks for the comments. The color images still need work, but I > am going for more of a hand-colored look with them. I think it's a > reaction to "Velvia Generation" images. With the workflow I use it's > bit tricky to balance the coloring with the underlying > contrast--Guess > I'll keep working on it.... > > --Mark > > > > > > >Jack Davis > >Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:56:58 -0800 > > > >Mark, > >Dark barren images have a foreboding feeling to me that may mask the > >intended message. On my monitor, the color images are very flat and > >pale as well. It's not necessarily an unappealing look and may lend > >itself to a desired sense of "old world" or "aged". > >Best of luck with the project. > > > >Jack > > > >--- Mark Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> All, > >> > >> I'm working on some images of local vineyards areas (Clarksburg, > El > >> Dorado, > >> and Shenandoah Valley AVAs). I'm doing a fair bit of digital > >> darkroom work > >> and all of the pics in the gallery are "work prints" (i.e., I'm > not > >> done > >> with them yet). The first three images are were taken last month > on > >> a > >> bright sunny-cloudy day in between rainstorms. The vineyards are > >> mostly > >> bare at this time and I'm trying to convey a certain stark, spare > >> feeling. > >> The last image was taken last fall right around harvest time and > >> shows an El > >> Dorado vineyard fully leafed out. > >> > >> http://www.westerickson.net/vineyard/ > >> > >> Please feel free to provide comments and directions you might take > >> the > >> images. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Mark > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
