I knew I was missing something here - beautiful Jonathan!Quote:
Originally Posted by jcoldslabs
I hope you keep the engine running
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I knew I was missing something here - beautiful Jonathan!Quote:
Originally Posted by jcoldslabs
I hope you keep the engine running
Thanks, Tom. I hope to keep the engine running, too.
J.
This higher key image is a nice foil to the other.
Bravo Maestro !Quote:
Originally Posted by jcoldslabs
The funny thing is the higher-key aspect is due in part to the high level of base fog in this old film. I don't think I can get any proper blacks from it, but if I develop it long enough--in this case twenty minutes rotary--I can draw out some decent highlights.
J.
I REALLY like this but since ones eye moves from focused to unfocused I prefer the focused bottom section cropped out.Quote:
Originally Posted by jcoldslabs
Thanks, Ken. In fairness, your high-key still lifes are always instructive. Sometimes I need to be reminded that an image without blacks or whites can still be effective.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Lee
I agree about the sliver of focus in the foreground being distracting, but each time I cropped it down the image seemed too crowded somehow. Luckily, that decision is not set in stone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Quan
J.
EDIT: Dan, here's a cropped version for comparison:
Leave the top. headroom makes it feel younger and less mature, fresher and more innocent. Like a child with more headroom or an adult with less.Quote:
Originally Posted by jcoldslabs
Actually, I still prefer this to the former.
Feeling my way to a sense of 'proper proportion,' that's always the aesthetic struggle. Cropping gives me fits!
J.