Hi Frank ... it's cropped way too much and has lost most of whatever context it had. Plus, to my eye, the original scan was of poor enough quality that the image wouldn't take much more enlarging, so we are seeing more artifacts and "stuff" (an obscure technical term dating back to the mid-sixties, early seventies. See Geo Carlin definitions of stuff and sh!t).
Shel > [Original Message] > From: frank theriault > After seeing some comments WRT my PAW from yesterday, I decided to > <gasp> crop it a bit to get the boy off centre. I also dodged mom's > face just a teeny bit (but not too much, I don't think). I resisted > the urge to sharpen the boy's face - or should I say that I tried, but > it looked overdone to my eyes, and I preferred it as is. I also > decided not to straighten it, as the window frames of the building in > the background are indeed horizontal, so in fact the bus is going up > hill. This is therefore an accurate depiction of the tilt (or rather > the lack thereof). > > With all that in mind, comments on the new and hopefully improved > version are appreciated: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3407217&size=lg > > As a point of comparision, here's the original full-frame version: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3403901&size=lg
