On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:25:01 -0700, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank's pic today of Vivian reminded me that I'd been working on this one a > while back, and was sidetracked. It's still a bit of Work in Progress, but > for all practical purposes, it's finished. For this one, though, the > Duotone process in Photoshop was used, softening the tones a bit compared > to the straight B&W print. I was curious to see how that technique might > apply to some portraits, especially portraits of this type. As usual, > comments and crits welcome. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/gobduo.html > >
Did I not comment on this one? I thought I did, but I don't seem in the thread. Maybe I was thinking of an answer, but then never got around to it (wasn't on-line yesterday). Well, I like it. Just a nice, unassuming photo of a kid on a bike. As someone else said, "comfortable". Innocence of youth and all - harkens one back to those days when one had not a care in the world (really, it didn't seem like it at the time, but looking back, we now know better). Pretty cool bike, too. When they first came out in the 60's, I wanted a Schwinn Stingray, or it's (less expensive) Canadian clone the CCM Mustang. Never got one. Now, the original ones are worth a mint! When was this taken, Shel? Hard to tell, as there seem to be no visual cues from the girl's hair, clothes, shoes or the bike. I'm guessing the buildings could be a bit newer, but it's hard to tell. Lovely, simple photo. Thanks. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
