Color is one thing likely slated for correction in PS. Sort of a mauve/purple cast, both in his shirt and the papers posted in the background. Image slightly soft, but considering his age, he might not object.
Jack --- On Thu, 10/16/08, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: PESO - The Canadian Patient > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 1:41 PM > First off, I'm happy to have been able to get Picasa in > my work > computer. My laptop at home is pooched for a bit > (hard-drive > problems) and I haven't been able to photoshop anything > for like three > weeks now and I've been going crazy. Many hundreds of > new photos and > nothing to do with them. > > So, at least with Picasa I can convert them to black and > white and > crop (but I can't figure out how to resize), but > that's about it. > Sharpening is horrible, and all "fine > adjustments" are anything but > fine. I guess I shouldn't complain given the price, > but this is > pretty basic stuff, even for a basic guy like me. > > Anyway, author Michael Ondaatje lives in Toronto's > Cabbagetown > neighbourhood. He's at the Jet Fuel pretty much every > weekend, and > tends to be pretty reclusive. When he's approached > (usually by a > non-regular) he's clearly uncomfortable. He's > friendly enough with > those he's familiar with, nodding and saying hi to > regulars. > > I've always been reluctant to photograph him as > he's obviously > protective of his privacy, but this weekend he was standing > near the > door and the light was hitting him just so, so I quickly > snapped him > from the hip. I kind of like the result, but I think > it'll look lots > better when I can photoshop it. Until then this will have > to do: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2008/10/canadian-patient_9625.html > > Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
