Hi Bruce ... Your comment about the brightness around the eyes made me remember something from many months ago, that being that different browsers and viewers sometimes render an image differently. With that in mind, I opened the pic in PS CS, Irfan, IE 6, and MS Fax Viewer. While all the images were similar, PS (which is the program used for editing the pic) looked a little brighter. The other thing is that I usually work on my pics at night, and the monitor is calibrated for the light level in the room at that time. I think a pic will look a little brighter to me than it may actually appear on most screens used in a room that's a little brighter than where I do my editing. I'm going to look into that a bit and maybe find a work around.
I really like the second pic, in which the guy's eyes are closed. I figured a few people wouldn't as it's more unconventional. He certainly wasn't trying to dodge the picture, rather, we were talking and he closed his eyes while thinking about something that made him quite happy. I wasn't sure if that would come across - clearly it didn't for you and it will be interesting to read other reactions to the shot. Thanks for your comments. Most appreciated ;-)) Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Shel Belinkoff <[email protected]> > Date: 1/10/2005 4:04:30 PM > Subject: Re: PAW PESO - Carnaval Portrait > > Shel, > > It made it the first time, just not time to comment yet. Briefly, I > like the first one - good eye contact and the peeling pole gives it a > nice sense of place. I wish it were just a touch brighter near his > eyes, maybe lighten a bit. > > The second shot, I don't care for so much - mostly because he is not > looking at all towards me, mostly looks like he was trying to dodge > the picture. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce >
