Rendered on my calibrated screen, it's a hard-edged B&W photojourno
look that I remember as being very popular in the 1960s.
Godfrey
On Dec 7, 2005, at 7:14 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi Frank,
I've looked at this pic several times and I just can't get my head
around
it. I asked myself why, since it is an interesting and likeable
pic. This
morning it became clear to me: it looks awful on my screen. It
literally
hurts my eyes. Some of the blacks and shadows are just blobs with no
detail and the contrast is too great. Combined with being a "busy"
image
(lots of things going on), it comes across as jarring to me.
My monitors calibration may not coincide with yours, so that may be
a small
part of it, although other photos and images look very nice, so
I've got to
wonder if there's something you're doing, or not doing, on your end
that
contributes to what I'm seeing.
I've noticed this with a number of other pics you've posted, and have
sometimes run them through Photoshop to better enjoy them. I've
not put
this one through the PS processes as I've not had the time or
inclination
to do so.
What bothers me, though, is that a few other people compliment you
on the
tonality of your pics, and I just can't see what they're talking
about, as,
for the most part, the images seem too dark and lack shadow detail,
and are
too contrasty.
I wonder what the problem may be. Any thoughts .... anybody?
Shel
"You meet the nicest people with a Pentax"
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