Thanks, Moose. I agree but you told me why! Very helpful.
Tina
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/11/2012 8:52 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
> > PESO:
> >
> > Thanks for all of the comments on Polly and Laura! Here is the next shot
> > in that series, unmanipulated, straight conversion to jpeg in LR:
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/146619111
> >
> > You can switch back and forth between the two:It's gone in the right
> direction for
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/146602122
> >
> > Is it better with the Silver Efex treatment, or not?
>
> It is, to my mind, a superior image, in two different ways:
>
> First, the pose is much better. In the first, she is not looking at the
> dog's head/face with affection, but down
> further. In the second, the angle makes her face much more attractive,
> opens up the line of her body/head and creates a
> mysterious emotional connection with whoever is inside. It brings the
> interior of the house into the composition. For
> me, it is much more emotionally engaging.
>
> Second, efx has done terrible things to the surface detail/texture of the
> door, the stonework around it and to the
> right. It has gone in the right direction on the shaded steps in the
> foreground, but much too far. It has driven almost
> all highlight detail in the woman, her clothes and the dog into
> invisibility.
>
> I'm not sure what efx is supposed to do, but it has gone far beyond
> adjusting tonal curves to match a film look. I don't
> see why one would want such harsh contrast and surfaces for such a tender
> subject.
>
> The second one could certainly be given a bit more local contrast in the
> mid tones but the smooth, subtle tonalities in
> the brighter areas seem exquisite to me. I think the rather soft look
> seems to fit the subject rather well as it came
> from the camera.
>
> Leica did a much better job than NIK.
>
> Moose d'Opinion
>
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