Hi ... You're right about the white light. There was little I could about it do wrt to exposure and development to tone it down. Less development would have muddied the print even more and ruined what little contrast there is between the woman's collar and her face and sweater. Had the print been made in the darkroom I'd have burned that area a bit. PS 6.0 has a feature that will allow dodging and burning, and even the scanner may have a way to set the levels. Of course, I don't know how to do that yet, but learning is just a matter of time. Your comment is right on the money.
BTW, the film used for this shot is TX ... compare the grain structure of the current TX with that of the older TX in the photo of April. The developers used were similar, but the newer TX seems to have a finer, smoother grain pattern without losing accutance, and a smoother tonality. It may just be that my poorer skills in the early days contributed to the grain difference ... Bob Walkden wrote: > > Hi, > > I prefer the uncropped version because the woman is positioned more > closely to a 3rd. The cropped version is somewhat unbalanced. Unfortunately > the bright white behind her head is on the 3rd. White always drags the eye > towards it, and with it being bang on the 3rd it is rather distracting. It > might pay to tone it down a little. -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
