Nice photo, pleasing tonality. Good work.
Lasse
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 6:42 PM
Subject: PAW PESO - Hangin' Out in San Francisco
This is a very early photo. I don't think I had my camera more than six or
eight months
Hi,
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/hanging.html
Is this the full version of the segment of negative you showed us before
Christmas?
mike
Yes, it is, well, mostly. It's been cropped a bit to straighten out the
scene and to eliminate some extraneous visual elements.
Shel
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From: mike wilson
http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/hanging.html
Is this the full version of the segment of negative you showed us
Magnificent work.
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Yes, it is, well, mostly. It's been cropped a bit to straighten out the
scene and to eliminate some extraneous visual elements.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: mike wilson
http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/hanging.html
Is this the full version of the
This is a very early photo. I don't think I had my camera more than six or
eight months. My girlfriend (a Nikon shooter for those who care) and I
would wander around The City looking for interesting situations. One day
we came across a group of about seven or eight guys hanging out on a street
Hi Shel,
It's looking quite good, but it lacks any strong blacks (at least on my
monitor). However, I don't think it would benefit from more contrast as the
highlights are about right. I'd go into curves and pull the bottom end until
the blacks are stronger. I might also try converting to rgb
I'm a little out of my element here, but...
With a scene of black folk, do you think it's good to add black to
black, just to get some deeper shadows, more contrast?
It seems to be a touchy situation, and much manipulation of the
black/white mix of shades might lose the gentle contrast of the
Hi Paul ...
Never saw your post, just a reference from Keith's post.
There are some deep blacks in the image, but not many. I didn't want to
fiddle with contrast and tonality too much until the resto work was done,
but you're right, there are some areas in which there can be a little more
Hi Keith,
Paul's right in that there can be a little more depth in some areas. See
my note to him if you care to look. There are ways to add depth without
compromising the skin tones.
I'm interested in your comment below. Why wouldn't you have made the
photo?
Shel
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The skin tones here are all medium gray. If you selectively adjust contrast
with curves or add black to black with selective color, you won't affect the
skin tones.
Paul
I'm a little out of my element here, but...
With a scene of black folk, do you think it's good to add black to
black,
Paul, They're far from medium grey here. A lot closer to Zone 4
Shel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The skin tones here are all medium gray.
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi Keith,
Paul's right in that there can be a little more depth in some areas. See
my note to him if you care to look. There are ways to add depth without
compromising the skin tones.
That's interesting. Seems to me, fussin' around with the dark end of the
scale, with a
Hi Keith,
There are many ways to adjust the shadows without making the faces or other
areas darker.
As for your comments about making the photo, well, the situation wasn't
quite like my approaching them and asking for and taking a pic. My GF and
I were there for a while, talking, chatting,
I replied to Keith from memory, but I took another look now. On my monitor they
vary between zone 4 and 5. The slats in the fence behind them are close to zone
5. Medium gray is an ambiguous term. But I'd describe zone 5 as medium gray.
However, I am running at gamma 1.8, which I mentioned in
Hi Shel,
Something just occured to me. I'm looking at this shot at work on a crap
Viewsonic monitor. I sometimes forget that. I've opened my photos here at times
and felt the urge to change something. I always have to remind myself that what
I see here may not be real. I'll look again when I
In a message dated 1/21/2005 10:13:55 AM Pacific Standard Time,
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There are some deep blacks in the image, but not many. I didn't want to
fiddle with contrast and tonality too much until the resto work was done,
but you're right, there are some areas in which there can be
Hi,
Like I said, people are people, and we were just being human.
Well said. Nice photo - made by the guy who's standing.
--
Cheers,
Bob
All excellent points and well told.
You're right, of course.
I'll re-read that and take it to heart.
keith
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi Keith,
There are many ways to adjust the shadows without making the faces or other
areas darker.
As for your comments about making the photo, well, the situation
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:56:53 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Shel,
It's looking quite good, but it lacks any strong blacks (at least on my
monitor). However, I don't think it would benefit from more contrast as the
highlights are about right. I'd go into curves and pull
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