Soft Light Photos

[Ed Richards]

Did some soft light photos down in New Orleans over the weekend:

C:\epr\data\epr-art\katrina\floats.htm

These are Mardi Gras floats in an area hit hard by Katrina. Very heavy overcast.

I am curious about how folks handle printing images like this. I tried upping the contrast, but they seem more effective when the contrast matches the light. (And yes, there is a bit of flare from a light leak in one - I leave the dark cloth on when I pull the slide, and managed to get a tiny bit of the corner of it under the edge of the holder.)

[Guther]

I've enjoyed your Katrina photo's in the past, and look foward to doing so again. But I think you mihgt need to check out your link first, it's to your hard drive... :o

[Frank Petronio]

Homeland Security can see them OK ;)

[Ed Richards]

Geez. So much for doing posts late at night.

http://www.epr-art.com/katrina/floats.htm

[Frank Petronio]

I think they are wonderful, reminescent of Edward Weston's movie backlot photos. The contrast looks good on my monitor and I especially like Uncle Sam:

http://www.epr-art.com/katrina/html/001120p_std.jpg

If you ever wanna trade prints...

[Jack Flesher]

Great work -- I *love* soft light images.