Pose and crop are excellent. It does not appear to be too contraty on my monitor
which is pretty much set for the best view of B&W photos. Some may not like the
loss of hair detail in the highlights but it works fine for me. The lighting is
from too low an angle for classic lighting, but if it was higher you would need
some fill from the front because of large shadows. The small shadows work well
for that contrasty light. I would give it a 9.0 for an existing light portrait.
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Fred Widall wrote:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2793927
I'm trying to improve my protrait technique and I offer up this
image for critique.
Shot with my Ricohmatic 225 on Agfa APX 100 film. Developed in Rodinal
(1:100 for 60 mins) & scanned on my Epson 3170. Heavily cropped in PS7
with contrast & levels adjusted.
I like the pose and the tight cropping but I think I overdid the
increase in contrast a little - some detail in her hair has been
lost. I tried smoothing her skin texture by using a blurred second
layer but it looked very artifical so I've left it alone.
Comments ???
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Fred Widall,
Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
URL: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~fwwidall
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