Digital BW, The Print

Jerry,

YOU believe it improves the picture, but for me, it does not.  I simply love
natural, unadulterated (sic...remember, it's a picture of a child ;-),
images...

Austin

> 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