Hi Frank .... Fair enough, although on my monitor, even with more light than usual in the room, the couple is seen clearly. True, they are a bit on the dark side, which was my intention as I wanted them to be a bit "mysterious, but I can see their differentiation, the ring on the woman's finger, the curls in the guy's hair, the folds in his sweatshirt hood, and so on. The problem stems perhaps, in part, by the different monitors, monitor settings, viewing conditions, and browsers or editing softwar in which any given photo is viewed. My monitor is calibrated to be used in a room with a certain amount of light, and the photo is presented with a gamma of 2.2. I've looked at various pics (mine, yours, others) on various monitors and systems, and they're all over the place wrt tonal rendition, contrast, brightness.
Mind you, all this is not to negate your comments, but just to point out how difficult it is to view images on the web when those images contain certain elements and detail. It just doesn't work at all <sigh> - ok, it works poorly - and all we can hope for is to get close. I like the juxtaposition, and am not sure that changing the relationship between the head and the people would do it for me. As you may imagine, this pic was one of several, shot with slight variations of perspective, and slightly different "moments" between the couple in the background. Anyway, I like it, so there! <LOL> I'm so glad you picked up on the wink ... ;-)) I sent you a private email yesterday ... hope you've received it. There are several knarfian addresses in my address book. Shel > From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://home.earthlink.net/~sbelinkoff/heads/images/head04.html > > I like it. I like it a lot, but... > > I wish the couple in the background were not so dark. It's actually > hard to see them, indeed, hard to even ascertain that they're a > couple. > > I might also prefer that the giant head weren't quite so big in > relation to the couple - maybe a longer lens from farther away would > address that. > > That being said, we have to deal with the photo as presented - > obviously, you don't have a chance to go reshoot it, Shel. > > What I do like is the "knowing wink" on the face of the statue - a > very wry comment on what's going on behind it. And, I like the moment > that you caught the couple in (although as I said, I wish they were a > bit more obvious. > > All in all, I think it's a keeper; I think it's very good, just not > great. <vbg>
