PAW PESO - Man in the Coffee Shop Window

2005-01-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Taken at Peet's Coffee Tea in Berkeley on Solano Avenue, shot thru the window glass. http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/peetswindow.html Comments welcome, of course. Shel

Re: PAW PESO - Man in the Coffee Shop Window

2005-01-05 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Shel, Rather like this one. Kind of a juxtaposition on old and new with the clothes, beard and the fast food telltale signs. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, January 5, 2005, 7:33:42 AM, you wrote: SB Taken at Peet's Coffee Tea in Berkeley on Solano Avenue, shot thru the SB window

Re: PAW PESO - Man in the Coffee Shop Window

2005-01-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Hi, Bruce I'm of mixed feeling about the bag and the cup. They have been toned down quite a bit, as have specular highlights and some OOF areas. At times I like the juxtaposition and other times they seem to be jarring against the darker colors and tones. But, as a slice of life, I think

Re: PAW PESO - Man in the Coffee Shop Window

2005-01-05 Thread Keith Whaley
Shel Belinkoff wrote: Taken at Peet's Coffee Tea in Berkeley on Solano Avenue, shot thru the window glass. http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/peetswindow.html Comments welcome, of course. Shel PMG! Flash insight into my future! I DO use a round magnifying glass for some things. It resides

Re: PAW PESO - Man in the Coffee Shop Window

2005-01-05 Thread Keith Whaley
Keith Whaley wrote: Shel Belinkoff wrote: Taken at Peet's Coffee Tea in Berkeley on Solano Avenue, shot thru the window glass. http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/peetswindow.html Comments welcome, of course. Shel PMG! Flash insight into my future! NO! Not PMG... OMG! PMG make no sense at

Re: PAW PESO - Man in the Coffee Shop Window

2005-01-05 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 07:33:42AM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Taken at Peet's Coffee Tea in Berkeley on Solano Avenue, shot thru the window glass. http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/peetswindow.html Comments welcome, of course. I find there are too many distracting elements in

Re: PAW PESO - Man in the Coffee Shop Window

2005-01-05 Thread Keith Whaley
John Francis wrote: On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 07:33:42AM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Taken at Peet's Coffee Tea in Berkeley on Solano Avenue, shot thru the window glass. http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/peetswindow.html Comments welcome, of course. I find there are too many distracting

Re: PAW PESO - Man in the Coffee Shop Window

2005-01-05 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/5/2005 7:36:01 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Taken at Peet's Coffee Tea in Berkeley on Solano Avenue, shot thru the window glass. http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/peetswindow.html Comments welcome, of course. Shel = I like a lot

Re: PAW PESO - Man in the Coffee Shop Window

2005-01-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Others seem to have figured out what the fellow is holding easily enough. If you choose to intentionally set your monitor to an inappropriate contrast, brightness, and gamma for viewing photographs, then your comments about what is or is not visible have little merit, and you'll not see the

Re: PAW PESO - Man in the Coffee Shop Window

2005-01-05 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Well, John, just make the bag the main subject and most of your complaints are resolved ;-)) Honestly, I go back and forth between liking the bag and cup where they are and just tossing the pic into the trash. I think for me there's enough to like that I won't trash it ... can't really do that

Re: PAW PESO - Man in the Coffee Shop Window

2005-01-05 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 07:33:42 -0800, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Taken at Peet's Coffee Tea in Berkeley on Solano Avenue, shot thru the window glass. http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/peetswindow.html Comments welcome, of course. Outstanding! Is he looking at a

Re: PAW PESO - Man in the Coffee Shop Window

2005-01-05 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/5/2005 2:58:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Others seem to have figured out what the fellow is holding easily enough. If you choose to intentionally set your monitor to an inappropriate contrast, brightness, and gamma for viewing photographs, then your

Re: PAW PESO - Man in the Coffee Shop Window

2005-01-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Shel, I find it quite good. Don't throw it away. You could keep the cup and clone out the bag. If it were mine, I'd crop out a lot of the upper frame and some of the right. But that's somewhat a matter of personal taste. Paul On Jan 5, 2005, at 5:56 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Well, John,

Re: PAW PESO - Man in the Coffee Shop Window

2005-01-05 Thread Jon Glass
On Jan 5, 2005, at 11:56 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Honestly, I go back and forth between liking the bag and cup where they are and just tossing the pic into the trash. I think for me there's enough to like that I won't trash it ... can't really do that anyway as I've got the negative LOL I