Mark Roberts wrote: > > frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> http://www.robertstech.com/peso.htm > > > >I'm not a big fan of those partially desaturated photos. I prefer > >either all colour, or all monochrome. So, I must tell you, I'm going > >into this with something of a prejudiced view. > > > >That being said, the composition and subject-matter is quite lovely, > >and of course, technically, it's more than well done. > > Hey, you came through for me Frank! I don't like these "black and white > with part of the image in color" photos either. The busy background that > some people mentioned doesn't bother me, but the artificiality of the > image as a whole does. I did it kind of an experiment and the couple who > biked France with us loved it. And I've sold a few of them so I'm going > with the flow. > > Art is nice but selling prints is nice, too! > > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com
I"m glad Frank posted first, I didn't want to hurt your feelings :) and I was gonna make another wise ass comment re Ken's comment that the background was a bit busy -- "You shudda seen it in color!" Great that you sold 'em though - a nice technical tour-de-force... but a bit too artsy fartsy for me - unlike most of you things! ann
