On 2/11/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Frank ... > > In general I like this shot very much. Looks like you've cropped it a bit > (5:7 ratio rather then the 2:3 ratio of a full frame?). Good for you. It > looks like you could crop a bit more without losing the story and sense of > place. Loosing a bit off the top (getting rid of the wires and hanging > lights, and maybe a bit off the right (don't need all of that OOF person on > the right, gotta keep the kid, though) might help strengthen the pic. > Opening up the dark and shadow areas a little helps some, imo, as does > bringing down the highlights on the chair, the newspaper, and the lights on > the back and left wall. Probably the print looks nicer than the displayed > JPEG, right? Good work, in any case.
Thanks, Shel. I did indeed crop a bit off the left, some off the bottom and even less from the top. I left all that "superstructure" at the top, feeling that seeing the intersection of the wall and ceiling gave a better sense of the "space" of the place - but maybe that's just me. Getting rid of more of that guy leaving on the right might not be bad either. I think that having some of him there isn't a bad thing, because it gives a sense of the hustle and bustle of the place, in justaposition to Tony and his son. Again, I could be wrong... I actually did tone down many of the highlights, although, as you said, perhaps I could do more. One of the things I really dislike about the photo is the clump of coats at the bottom. I wish there was a way that I could get rid of them without losing the proportion of the image. Oh well. I'm stil overall, fairly satisfied with this one. I hope to run into Tony tomorrow morning; I'll offer him the 8x10 if he likes it - or even if he doesn't, for that matter. <LOL> You're right, the print looks much better than my scan - but then that can be said for pretty much all of my photos <g>. Thanks again for your comments, Shel, and the same to Paul and Adam, as well. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
