Wonderful shot. Congratulations! dk
On 2/10/06, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > >
