In a message dated 3/19/2005 1:33:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That is not so any more, Marnie. You have learned a little something over the past few years (grin). However being new sometimes allows a fresh way of looking at photos. What Shel proposes is the age old way of eliminating distracting backgrounds in B&W photography. In this case it would probably be effective, but then it would look like ten million other jazz photos. Stylistic choices in photography are aways a trade off.
graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > However, I am the least experienced here, so take with a grain of salt. =========== Hehehehe. I guess you have a point. Not anymore... Okay, then, I like the original better. The crop on Shel's version is too tight. I agree with John (forbes) on that. However, I would crop off some of the top, not all, but some. It's sort of a dead area. But that crop would only remove some black and white areas, not any of the players. That is one thing I liked about Shel's version, the top was cropped off (and to be honest, I didn't spend a lot of time doing a side by side comparison). I've been thinking about this the last few days. Stand up and say what I think regardless of what others say. No matter who the others are. My opinion is still my opinion, and, may or may not, add to the discussion or give insight/input to the shooter. There are plenty others more experienced, but my take on things is still *my* take. Thanks for nudging me, graywolf. <g> A lot of frank's shots are "fresh" or engaging, exactly because they don't look like a zillion other photos. There is a certain air of spontaneity and naturalness about them. And I still like the combo of guitar player and trumpet player the best of the three. To me, it looks like something is happening in that photo, while the others just look like ho-hum portraits. I love the trumpet player's scrunched up forehead. He's working it, man. Marnie
