Thanks for the second chance, Frank! It took a lot of work in PSE to make the jpg look anything like the slide. It still falls short in the foreground and the color in the clouds.
I may send this one out for a print...good idea! Rick --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/22/05, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is The Folly in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, UK on > a > > beautiful June evening. It is a 100-foot hilltop > > tower that was built in 1935 by a local worthy, to > > provide employment to local craftsmen. It was > > restored several years ago and is occasionally > open, > > but I've never been inside. > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3302383 > > > > Z-1p, FA 24-90, Kodak Elite 100; scanned, resized, > > contrast adjusted, and sharpened. > > I looked at this last night, and to be honest, > didn't think too much > of it. Not that I thought it a bad shot or > anything; it just made me > shrug my shoulders and think "doesn't grab me". > > I came back this morning, and upon a second viewing > I'm coming to > appreciate it more. I noticed that it's not > vertical - which actually > looks good here. I also looked at the trees and the > long grass, and > noticed that it seems their moving. Was it windy > that day? That > motion blur gives the photo a whole different > dynamic. > > Still not sure if I like the bright tower/dark > foreground thing, but I > think it might work much better on a big print. > This is likely one of > those that suffers in the transition to computer > screen. > > I'm glad I decided to give this one a second chance. > Good shot! > > cheers, > frank > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
