Re: PESO: Questioning Eyes, Recrop

2010-01-18 Thread paul stenquist
Thanks Frank. I dodged her face a bit more for this one, so that may have introduced a bit of softness. In spite of +1 stop exposure comp, she was a bit underexposed. The guys light shirt caused that, plus he was shading her a bit from the window light. Paul On Jan 18, 2010, at 5:56 PM, frank t

Re: PESO: Questioning Eyes, Recrop

2010-01-18 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:51 PM, paul stenquist wrote: > I cropped this pic in response to Bob's suggestion. It's about half of the > frame, so at ISO 1250 it's a bit noisy, but I like a bit of a rough edge in a > pic of this type. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10522171 YES! Her

Re: PESO: Questioning Eyes, Recrop

2010-01-18 Thread David J Brooks
That helps a lot Paul Dave On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 2:51 PM, paul stenquist wrote: > I cropped this pic in response to Bob's suggestion. It's about half of the > frame, so at ISO 1250 it's a bit noisy, but I like a bit of a rough edge in a > pic of this type. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?

Re: PESO: Questioning Eyes, Recrop

2010-01-17 Thread Jack Davis
Yeah, much better. I don't wish to see any more of her face, but prefer to imagine her total expression and mood. Like the mystery aspect. Jack --- On Sun, 1/17/10, paul stenquist wrote: > From: paul stenquist > Subject: PESO: Questioning Eyes, Recrop > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date:

Re: PESO: Questioning Eyes, Recrop

2010-01-17 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 17, 2010, at 11:51 AM, paul stenquist wrote: I cropped this pic in response to Bob's suggestion. It's about half of the frame, so at ISO 1250 it's a bit noisy, but I like a bit of a rough edge in a pic of this type. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10522171 I like the crop

RE: PESO: Questioning Eyes, Recrop

2010-01-17 Thread Bob W
> > I cropped this pic in response to Bob's suggestion. It's > about half of the frame, so at ISO 1250 it's a bit noisy, but > I like a bit of a rough edge in a pic of this type. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10522171 > I think that works better. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO: Questioning Eyes, Recrop

2010-01-17 Thread eckinator
yes and no - to me the recrop totally changes the meaning of the image - in the uncropped, the angle of his head as judged from his ears has him potentially staring at the ponytailed blonde in the background so the eyes potentially notice his stare and lack of attention - oh yeah, 5 bucks chauvinis

Re: PESO: Questioning Eyes, Recrop

2010-01-17 Thread Bruce Dayton
That is an improvement - my comment was I wanted more of her face, but getting rid of some of him has helped in the same way. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, January 17, 2010, 11:51:05 AM, you wrote: ps> I cropped this pic in response to Bob's suggestion. It's about ps> half of the frame, so a