Digital BW, The Print

Austin, that is the POINT of photoshop tweaks!!!!!!

You PUT the catchlight there, because it would much improve the image. 
You would do it in a studio, you can't do it in a grab shot, but you CAN
do it in photoshop.

Jerry

> 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
> 
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