Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you all and especially Ted for the funny story. First: at least I am old enough now not to stand for BS, so I only have patience for constructive criticisms. Thankfully, most people I have for critiques from do give constructive ones. I also understand preference for different things. For example, one gallerist I talked to cleanly prefer unusual subjects or presentation (e.g. she's a big fan of plastic toy cameras) whereas another one clearly prefers locations he can relate to, and with people in it. So I am not so concern about various preferences per se. (there's a fine line between someone not liking an image because it's just nothing there there vs. bias toward certain preferences). Regarding this portfolio, clearly some images can be tweaked to have more punch, but I notice that in my strive for that "perfect adjustment curve" to do digital negative contact printing, some of the shadow areas are definitely muddy and plain look bad, so the criticism is definitely valid. I am now tweaking the curves and doing inkjet prints for reference and contrast. The inkjet prints are very nice, with contrast and punch. However, I just like that silver look so I shall soldier on more. Again, thanks to all. -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]