Re: PAW: Portrait of Leah

2005-04-18 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi Frank ... Didn't see the original post. I'm of mixed feelings about this one. My first comment is that the tonality is awful and really needs to be less contrasty and show some more detail, which I know is within the photo. I like the statement made by the background. However, not showing

Re: PAW: Portrait of Leah

2005-04-18 Thread mike wilson
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi Frank ... Didn't see the original post. I'm of mixed feelings about this one. My first comment is that the tonality is awful and really needs to be less contrasty and show some more detail, which I know is within the photo. I like the statement made by the background.

Re: PAW: Portrait of Leah

2005-04-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Frank, I missed this the first time through as well. I like the crop and the pose. It's an interesting shot of an interesting person. However, I'm not very fond of the direct flash effect. Was the ceiling low enough for a bounce here? That might serve you better. On Apr 18, 2005, at 5:13 AM,

Re: PAW: Portrait of Leah

2005-04-18 Thread John Forbes
I like the picture. I think the physical background provides a metaphorical background which helps to explain the person she is (or at least that is what it suggests to me). I don't mind her looking down. She looks as though she is considering something, and will look up in a moment with

Re: PAW: Portrait of Leah

2005-04-18 Thread frank theriault
On 4/18/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Frank, I missed this the first time through as well. I like the crop and the pose. It's an interesting shot of an interesting person. However, I'm not very fond of the direct flash effect. Was the ceiling low enough for a bounce here?

Re: PAW: Portrait of Leah

2005-04-18 Thread frank theriault
On 4/18/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Frank ... Didn't see the original post. I'm of mixed feelings about this one. My first comment is that the tonality is awful and really needs to be less contrasty and show some more detail, which I know is within the photo. You

Re: PAW: Portrait of Leah

2005-04-18 Thread frank theriault
On 4/18/05, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I quite like the ambiguity. Classic teenage angst. I think she may be in her early/mid 20's - not that she can't still have teenage angst at that age g. Wanting to belong and yet to be different. Confident but unsure. It highlights, for

Re: PAW: Portrait of Leah

2005-04-18 Thread frank theriault
On 4/18/05, John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like the picture. I think the physical background provides a metaphorical background which helps to explain the person she is (or at least that is what it suggests to me). I don't mind her looking down. She looks as though she is

Re: PAW: Portrait of Leah

2005-04-18 Thread Jack Davis
Frank, Interesting 'do'. I feel that the sort of stark lighting ads some tension that's appropriate for this image. The faint Mona Lisa grin hints at her feeling of success with her 'look'. Jack --- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: PAW: Portrait of Leah

2005-04-18 Thread pnstenquist
Given the circumstances I like the lighting as well. The direct flash does give you that fifties Speed Graphic look. That's a good thing at times. On 4/18/05, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Frank, I missed this the first time through as well. I like the crop and the pose.

Re: PAW: Portrait of Leah

2005-04-18 Thread Cotty
On 18/4/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: Given the circumstances I like the lighting as well. The direct flash does give you that fifties Speed Graphic look. That's a good thing at times. Paul you read my mind. Given that, it works nicely for me. Good job Frank. Cheers,

Re: PAW: Portrait of Leah

2005-04-18 Thread frank theriault
On 4/18/05, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul you read my mind. Given that, it works nicely for me. Good job Frank. Thanks, Cotty. Glad you enjoyed it. And, thank you, too, Paul, for your amendment given the lighting situation g. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.

PAW: Portrait of Leah

2005-04-17 Thread frank theriault
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3289593size=lg I'm not sure what I think about this crop, so I'll post the uncropped version in a day or so, to see if anyone may want to give cropping their best shot (you'll see why I think it needs a crop when you see the full-frame version).

Re: PAW: Portrait of Leah

2005-04-17 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3289593size=lg I'm not sure what I think about this crop, so I'll post the uncropped version in a day or so, to see if anyone may want to give cropping their best shot (you'll see why I think it needs a crop when you see the full-frame version).

Re: PAW: Portrait of Leah

2005-04-17 Thread frank theriault
On 4/18/05, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frank, the way she looks, I mean piercings and hairstyle, makes me think that she will always look straight into the eyes of whatever life will throw at her. You know - that rebellious strong-willed kind of attitude. Here it is anything