BillN
Hall of Famer
- Location
- S W France
- Name
- Bill
I really like that first shot Will, but that's guy's face is just a little TOO overwhelmingly dark - the blackness adds to the image up to a point, but it would be nice to see just a little bit of detail in the right side of his face (to HIS right). I know that HiB&W setting will do that, but I was very surprised at how much I was able to pull out of the shadows of a few shots I took in that mode when I tried. Nothing like a raw file, obviously, but there's a bit of room to maneuver, if you're ever interested in giving it a try.
-Ray
Thanks Norman. I like the first one too - I'd like to claim the little guy was scared from the earthquake, but I was in town a day early or the quake was a day late. He was really just shielding his face from the sun - had been for quite a while before I got close enough to take the shot. I probably should have straightened the 5th one - I don't tend to see tilt unless its really disorienting and I didn't even notice it in that one. And, yeah, the window dummies in the back of the line was the whole point of the fourth but I wasn't sure how well that came through...
Here are a couple more I processed a day later. I wish the gal on the bike was in better focus, but I'm a sucker for nicely dressed women on utilitarian bicycles - it always feels so European to me just because it tends to be found a lot more in many European cities than just about anywhere in the States. Its not a great shot, but I like it...
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-Ray