On 12/7/05, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been working on a lot of my images lately, sometimes > reinterpreting older images. > > Here's one of the ones I was working on today: > > http://www.bobshell.com/PESO/BOBC-2.jpg > > This was shot in 2000 . My actor friend Bob Chapin had come with us > to St. Thomas for one of my workshops, and I shot a bunch of stuff of > him for possible use on his web site/portfolio. This one I thought > might make a nice poster, so I left extra room on the left for type. > There's no convenient pirate ship at Lindquist Bay, where real > pirates used to operate in olden days, so I imported the pirate ship > from some shots I had taken at Disney World/Epcot. We had a hell of > a lot of fun doing this shoot and this is one of my favorite photos > from that day. I don't recall exactly what film I used, but it was > Kodak color negative, ISO 100, 645 format. >
Arrrrrggghhhhh, me hardies! Great shot, Bob. The only thing I might prefer is if the sword weren't pointing directly at the camera. It might have more impact as ~a sword~, if we could see a bit more of it's length. Just a nit-pick, however, on what's a terrific photo. Shiver me timbers, matey! <g> cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
