On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 19:02:17 -0400, Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank, for me, I'd like to see detail in the carvings. > His Kung Fu pose looks more like his scary Halloween pose! >
Thanks for your thoughts, Ken. I would have liked to see more of the carvings, too. Problem was, it was a ~very~ bright, sunny day - I think I shot around noon or 1 pm. He had that baseball cap, and the peak probably made his face about 3 stops darker than the background, maybe more between him and the bright soap. I was bracketing, exposing for what the camera said, but in those prints, his face was way too dark. Then I gradually opened up one, then two stops, hoping to get his face right. This was (I think) about one or 1 1/2 stops opened - the face was still a bit dark, but manageable, but the soap was all blown out. That's the choice I had, and decided to go with this one. Actually, Robert who printed this one really did a good job (you should have seen the neg! <G>). He exposed for the face, then burned the background, and believe it or not, I'm pleased with the result, given what were really harsh lighting conditions. Ideally, I'd like to go back there on an overcast day - I'm slowly building up a relationship with him, and he's pretty comfortable with my camera, so hopefully it won't be another 18 months before I see him again (he changes his street corners). I agree with your comment, though. thanks for taking the time to look and comment, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
