Mark, Congratulation! Extremely nice textures and processing. Sepia is great choice. A small thing I suppose, but I especially like your close attention paid to the borders.
Jack --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some of you may have seen this in my collection of UK vacation photos > from last summer. The Office of International Programs at Duquesne > University, where I'm currently working on my masters degree, just > had a > photo contest and I won first prize with this one. I'm not sure if I > get > anything besides bragging rights but what the heck, maybe it'll look > good on my resume! > > http://www.robertstech.com/peso.htm > > Notes: > 1. Luddites rejoice! This was shot on FILM! (Pentax 645, Ilford HP5+) > 2. I really do like the sepia toning, but the main reason I did it at > the time was so I could print it at home: I haven't yet mastered the > art > of getting neutral monochrome reproduction out of my Epson 2200 and I > hoped that the sepia tone would hide any slight color cast. It worked > - > the print looks great! > 3. I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the entries in the > contest. Yes, there were a lot of "vacation snapshots" and a few > really > nice photos that were obviously the kind of lucky grab that we all > got > from time to time before we started doing photography "seriously", > but > there were several that were clearly the work of talented people. The > one I thought should have won was by someone who did "people photos" > of > locals in various parts of the Caribbean. He or she had a knack for > composition, a talent for getting people to be at ease when he > photographed them and a natural eye for good light. Wish this stuff > was > on line so everyone could see it. > > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
