On 12/19/05, Glen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just thought a few of you might want to see the original portrait that I > used for the "Burning for You" image: > > http://webpages.charter.net/glenweb/ni/Kim_1.jpg > > I want to mention that I know the color and tonality of this image isn't > that of a standard portrait, but that was intentional. I wanted something > different, something that would get people's attention. I also want to add > that this was shot on slide film, and that the "look" of the image came > from the lighting and not from Photoshop. (For those people keeping track > of such things.) I did use Photoshop to fix one or two minor skin > blemishes, and a few dust spots on the scan of the slide. However, there > was no "creative manipulation" involving Photoshop. This is how the slide > actually looks, and it is also pretty darn close to how the scene looked to > the naked eye when shooting. > > As for the odd cropping, I had considered later adding something into the > right half of the frame when I took this shot. The large empty black area > was reserved for that purpose. > > As always, comments are always welcome. > > > take care, > Glen
She's so pretty; that's a wonderful portrait. I prefer it by far to your PS treatment. But then again, I rather like kittens with red bows around their neck, snuggling under Christmas trees <vbg>. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
