Hi Moose,
Thank you very much for your thoughtful critique and for taking the time
to actually illustrate what you meant. I agree that your versions are
for the most part an improvement, albeit the fact that you only have the
JPEG files to play with inevitably introduces some artifacts. But you
have definitely given me some food for thought and something to consider
when posting new images (something I do on a weekly basis).
Cheers,
Nathan
Moose wrote:
> Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
> Hi Nathan, and welcome!
>
>> ............
>>
>> Finally, I invite you to visit my websites (see signature block for URLs).
>>
>>
> One of the benefits or pitfalls of posting your images to this list is
> that this fellow, Moose, has a tendency to critique them as to tonal
> distribution, contrast, etc. by posting alternate versions. He's easy
> enough to deal with. If you don't like him messing about in your images,
> just tell him to stop, ask politely, yell, curse, whatever - on or off list.
>
> I browsed through the first link to your images, Sunday market at
> Waterloo, and found a great deal to like. Your are certainly a better
> street photographer than I. Among many I liked, I think "Old and New" is
> my favorite, although "Taking Stock" tugs at me.
>
> As to the actual presentation on the web, IMHO, you do your wonderful
> images a bit of a disservice. A number of the images that appear to be
> lit by direct sun from behind the camera still have a veiled quality,
> almost like light, overall flare. It takes a little of the strength out
> of the bright colors and sharp contrasts of a flea market in the sun.
>
> A clear example might be "Taking Stock". Although the shadows are deep
> elsewhere, on the cabinet doors and mirror they are very light, like a
> reflector or fill flash was being used.
>
> Anyway, I've done some alternate views of a few to show what I mean,
> rather than talking about the impossible to describe. Keep in mind that
> I tend to go to an extreme to illustrate a point. If these were my
> images, I might well end up with something between the two versions
> shown. I often process one of my images, then let it sit and stew for a
> while before going back to it again.
>
> The right and left keyboard arrows should navigate through the images,
> so you may easily flip back and forth between versions.
> http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Wajsman/Comparison/album/index.html
>
> Moose
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