Stan Halpin wrote: >All of which is to say that, while I agree with Mark that we do >recognize and observe others at a grosser level of detail, it is also >true that we recognize and are uncomfortable at some unconscious >level when there is less detail than we are able to discern in real >life. We can cope with a softened portrait and may even find it >pleasing, but we recognize that it is an artificial representation.
I can think of a good example of overdoing the lack of detail in portraits: Remember those scary-looking Photoshop jobs of girls with big eyes, unnaturally plastic-looking skin, etc? Discussed on the list some time ago. Anyone got the link? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
