Digital BW, The Print

> Jerry,
> 
> What YOU believe is an improvement, I may not believe is.  In fact, I may
> believe it "ruins" the image.  

Ya, I know that. It's one of the things that always bugs me. I do use
the :) ocasionally, you know. I am sometimes poking fun at you you know.
Don't be so serious.

And, BTW, I have not always been satisfied
> with my images...it's taken many years to get where I am.  If something can
> be improved, I have no problem with that...but again, what you believe is an
> improvement, I may not believe is.

I know and understand this. Always have had difficulty with it.


> If I believe the image is perfect the way it is, that's MY presentation.  It
> may not win the "Jerry's Annual Photo Contest of Whisker Falls", but they
> certainly have done very well for me both artistically and commercially.

Whisker Falls... Hmm, I may sponsor a Cat photo contest. Nice Name. :)
> 
> Though I do typically appreciate constructive criticism, I don't find you're
> giving any.

Not that I don't like it, just that with a tweak here and there, it
could be a nicer looking print. Some of the tweaks photos need are very
small. Sometimes the littlest things make a difference. 

 And it certainly isn't your photos alone I'm talking about! MOST photos
could stand a teensy improvement. Certainly, mine can. That's why I
spend so much time with them in photoshop. I can always improve a camera shot.'

 Perhaps it may be something I've overlooked, or
> something I don't care about, or something I like...I simply don't know, as
> you haven't said...

Well, I think a pure white bald sky in your harbor scene could be much
improved with some tone in it. Little things like that. Your verticals
could be corrected in photoshop so they would be vertical. Makes for a
more satisfying image. There is nothing I hate more in a photograph than
a leaning building or a crooked horizon. Now with photoshop, there is
simply no need for that anymore. And crooked horizons can easily be
corrected. 

Some maybe don't care about little things like this, but I do. Very much.

Jerry

And yes, things do smell differently to a short person in a crowded
elevator. :)