On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 06:51:06 +0200, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > Here, here, lemm'ing you know... > > I have two different (or loosely connected) opinions. > > 1. The piece of light behind Jenny has to be taken away. It distracts. > Frank, I don't know about you, but for me, taking out a small piece of > photo by clone tool is fine :). My wife agrees this time. > > 2. I'd rather you turned the camera a bit left. You know - so that > Jenny would be in rightmost part of the frame. This way the sense of > being on the stage and thereby somewhat remote would be stronger. You > see, in my mind, when I see someone under the spot light I think of > them as being taken out of the scene, being remote, being different. > So, if these were your intentions, then what I said might apply. > > However you did not manage to displease me this time. Shame on you > :). >
Thanks for commenting, Boris. By the light behind her, I assume you mean the bright thing by her shoulder? I think it's a guitar stand reflecting some light. No matter, I guess it is a distraction. I wouldn't clone it out, I might ask my devoloper to burn it next time I have a print made - or I could use the burn tool on PS <g>. But, cloning? Dear me! See what's happened? Now that you've got a *istD, you're Mister Digital Manipulation. First it starts with "cropping's okay", then it's "well, if cropping's okay, then cloning out is too - it's really just like cropping within the frame, right?". Next thing you know, Boris, you'll have turned into Caveman, with all his weird near-abstract Cave Pictures. But, I digress - yeah, I could try burning that bright spot a bit - it would distract less that way. Your idea of getting Jen farther in the right of the frame is a good one - as you can see, I got her a bit off-centre, but I agree that more might have looked better in this case. Thanks for your thoughts. cheers, frank > > -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
