Digital BW, The Print

Hi Jerry,

> I saw the three photos you put up.  I would have added a catch light in
> the child's eyes in the first picture, it would really improve it, IMHO,
> of course.

I take it you don't do much child photography...that shot was natural light,
in a crowded store...and when photographing a 1.5 year old child, you simply
can't ask him to "hold it" and wait until someone gets out their handy dandy
catch light to "get it right".  You've got .5 seconds to take the picture...
And, BTW, he does have brown eyes, and, much to my delight, the pupils are
distinguishable in the original scan (as well as in the 12 x 12 print we
have on the wall upstairs).

> In the harbor scene, nothing appears very sharp, but I am willing to
> chalk that up to monitor resolution.  To improve it, I can think of many
> things I would do to it, but then it would be quite a different picture.
> To me, it would be much improved, to you, you'd probably not agree at
> all.

...the original image is tack sharp.  In it, you can distinguish the
individual chain links in the chains...it has incredible detail,
surprisingly incredible detail (one of the reasons I really like that
image).  Sharpening degrades the tonality in the detail, which is why I
don't do it.  The world isn't simply "sharp", but it is in focus.  There is
a distinct difference...

Regards,

Austin