> [Original Message] > From: Anthony Farr > OK, sorry, I read the thread but didn't absorb the correspondence very well > :-( > > I wonder now if I've only ever seen a toned down second edition of "Fire > Eating Drummer". If so I suspect that you've reduced the contrast globally, > and this has excessively flattened the highlight tonality.
I made no global adjustments. > Have you thought about adjusting curves across several layers. [..snip..] I've not thought about doing that. Frankly, the photo doesn't interest me that much beyond its value as a document of what one sometimes sees on a street corner in downtown San Francisco. > It's the digital version of dodging and burning multicontrast paper at > different grades. If you haven't tried it you should give it a go. It's > like magic to see the highlights and shadows fill up with details before > your eyes. Go at it and shoot it to me by email.
