Hi, A couple of things. The tonality is muddy and flat. At first glance it seems that a little more contrast would be helpful. A couple of questions/comments: have you ever seen exhibition quality B&W silver prints? If not, hie the to a museum or gallery and see what they look like and the various printing styles. Your DOF seems about perfect - the background shows the people clearly enough but they're OOF enough not to distract from the main subject. You might be able to get by with even a little less DOF, but this works pretty well.
The black background with electric blue type is really a bad choice. The blue is a great distraction, and black, generaslly, is not as conducive for displaying photos as, for example, a more neutral grey. Depends, of course, on whether the image has a border or not, too. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Russell Kerstetter > this is a peregrin falcon i shot at an air show > > http://www.avocadohead.com/piclinks/pic10.html > > and as the saying goes: "honest and brutal please" > > (just not too brutal, I'm still a PESO virgin :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
