On 12 June 2012 14:38, George Sinos <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is number 13 in the series "Print-a-Day for 30 Days."
>
> <http://georges.posterous.com/street-musician-print-a-day-13>
>
> There are quite a few musicians that perform at the open air farmer's
> markets.    This photo of a young violinist is one of my favorites.
>
> Some of you have seen an earlier version of this photo.  I decided to
> include it in the print-a-day project because of the big areas of blue
> sky.  In the past, with other printers, I've had trouble with this
> type of gradient.  There can also be an issue with blue and cyan.  The
> representation of this part of the color space can differ between
> monitor and paper.
>
> I added the vignette to help define the border.  I had not felt that
> was necessary until I saw the printed version.  Now that I've seen it,
> I prefer the version with the vignette.
>
> The final print and a nice smooth gradient with no banding.  The sky
> color was very close.  It seems just slightly more saturated.
>
> gs
>
> George Sinos

Nice George and good use of backlight too. Not too sure about the
vignette - I wonder whether a tighter crop on the left and at the top,
but leaving space on the right, would work better?

Chris

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