There's a bit of discussion starting WRT to the black mass on the left. Just so y'all know, there is a bit of detail on the print, that's not showing on the scan. Not a lot, but it's there, just some barely visible loose strands of Lucies black hair, and yes, they do provide a bit of relief on the print.
This is only a working 8x10, I'm sure that you're right, and that a bit more detail could be burned out in future prints.
I'm glad you noticed the grey area top left (I think it's an A/C unit or something - doesn't matter, it's there). I kind of like the way it balances things, too. Thanks for noticing.
And, thanks for commenting.
cheers, frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PAW #4 - Haley's Ring Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 08:53:29 -0500
Nice one, Frank! I like the way the background highlights converge behind the figure on the right. There's a nice yin and yang of dark and light in the frame, with the dark areas rising to the left, light seemingly falling on the right, and the figures making a nice UL / LR diagonal, reinforced by the lines of the fingers.
I would vote for some more detail in the shadow areas on the lower left. There's such a large area of pure black that the left figure seems to just melt into the corner, sort of flattening out. I think that as the eye moves from left to right over the dark area, it goes too long without any visual cues to form a gestalt, so you are left with the impression of the lower left corner just being a flat black area. You don't need much in there - just a few visual cues that it's not all black (which I suspect can be coaxed out of the negative) and the left figure would pop back out of the corner.
Nonetheless, fantastic image!
- MCC
At 05:27 PM 3/6/2004 -0500, you wrote:I was a bit late on week 3. Now I'm a bit early on week 4. Oh well.
"The Kiss" was taken by Shel (and likely thousands before him), but I think it would have been a good title (have I whetted your appetite yet? <g>).
So, I settled on "Haley's Ring", a title that I hope raises more questions than it answers:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2188556
I'd really like to hear your comments on this one.
Okay, Albano, the "right" body, and this time, "the right brand" of lens, okay? <g>
cheers, frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
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