More better, indeed, Frank ... Now, the film, APX 100 ... good choice for this shot, although it looks (hard to tell fer shure) that you exposed it at 100. This looks to be a pretty contrasty scene - lighting seems a bit harsh, dark clothes against a light (white?) wall, mannequins in deep shadow. A perfect situation for "pulling" the film .... shooting APX 100 @ ei of 50 or 64 and developing 1:100 in Rodinal for about 15 to 17 minutes, depending on how the final print will be made would be a good starting point.
I realized after posting my message that I screwed up on the Capa/Capra thing. It was CapRa who said, "If your photos aren't good enough, hire a director of photography and make movies." And of course you recalled correctly <g> ... you're just being kind to this old fart tottering on the brink of senility. shel frank theriault wrote: > > Hi, Shel, > > As you know, what I posted originally was uncropped. I usually don't crop > much, if at all, for a number of reasons which I won't go into here. > > But, when I saw that photo, I was thinking that it did need cropping. This > is what I was thinking of: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2231745 > > Your comments seem to bear out what I was more or less thinking. Much of > the white wall's gone. She's off centre now, which is much more pleasing to > my eye, and it also brings out the mannequins a bit more - I think they play > off her better now. It would have been nice to have more mannequin in > there, but that's a mistake I made when I took the shot... > > You'll just have to take my word that the print's sharp, I'm afraid. One > can read the printing on her handbag quite easily off the print, but it's a > blur in the scan. > > Re: her cat eared hat; well, I screwed up taking it against the white > wall, and I don't know what I can do about that now - not much I fear. > > So, I know it didn't do much for you first time, Shel. Is this at least an > improvement in your eyes? Anyone else have any thoughts? > > BTW, I didn't call it a PAW because I do like it as a snap, and as a photo > of a pretty girl, but not a lot more. I'm still interested in comments, so > you all can be as brutal as you want. > > Also, BTW, Shel, you're thinking of Robert Capa, no? Capra was the > director, IIRC. <vbg>
