Thanks Bill.Dropping the figures on the right into shadowt might look
strange since the light obviously recedes from the foreground. But it's
a possibility. It would then appear as if Paul Miles was under a
spotlight. Perhaps I'll have a go at it.
On May 30, 2005, at 6:03 PM, william sawyer wrote:
Paul, If it can be done, how about making the figures on the right,
including the half body, the same intensity (darkness) as the people
in the
background? Sorry I don't know the jargon for all this...
Bill Sawyer
Livonia, MI
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 5:01 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: PESO: Friday Night Blues
I wasn't going to post this until next week since I already posted two
shots this weekend. But I see there's a shortage of conversation here
anyway (longest sentence? :-), so I figured what the hay. Anyway, the
guy in the pic is named Paul Miles. He's a Michigan Blues singer who
works the Birmingham streets on busy days. He's also recorded a couple
of CDs (my pic on the cover of one). He's appeared in a number of blues
festivals and various other venues around the country. He's quite good
and a very nice guy. I shot this with the FA 35/2, converted to BW in
PS using the channel mixer. It was quite dark when I shot it, so I
tried the on-camera flash at ISO 800. I have some other pics from
slightly earlier without the flash, but I sometimes like the retro look
of BW flash pics. I tried several different crops and settled on
retaining the cut-off figure on the right. I think it helps the idea of
a passing crowd. I wonder how others feel about this partial body. By
the way, this prints rather nicely on the Epson 2200 with the standard
ink set. I'm printing more BW inkjet these days and liking the results.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3410319&size=md
Paul
