Paul, I don't know how you get the partial body on the right out of there. Would it be stronger with the pair of girls passing in the other direction, with their backs toward us? The group approaching from the back helps establish the passing street traffic theme. Regards, Bob S.
On 5/30/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wasn't going to post this until next week since I already posted two > shots this weekend. But I see there's a shortage of conversation here > anyway (longest sentence? :-), so I figured what the hay. Anyway, the > guy in the pic is named Paul Miles. He's a Michigan Blues singer who > works the Birmingham streets on busy days. He's also recorded a couple > of CDs (my pic on the cover of one). He's appeared in a number of blues > festivals and various other venues around the country. He's quite good > and a very nice guy. I shot this with the FA 35/2, converted to BW in > PS using the channel mixer. It was quite dark when I shot it, so I > tried the on-camera flash at ISO 800. I have some other pics from > slightly earlier without the flash, but I sometimes like the retro look > of BW flash pics. I tried several different crops and settled on > retaining the cut-off figure on the right. I think it helps the idea of > a passing crowd. I wonder how others feel about this partial body. By > the way, this prints rather nicely on the Epson 2200 with the standard > ink set. I'm printing more BW inkjet these days and liking the results. > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3410319&size=md > Paul > >
