Comments on: Anthony Gesture in B&W at the Heian Shrine

By: Grandma Friedl, Ohio, USA

Grandma Friedl, Ohio, USA — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:17:17 +0000

Uh..thank you, dear. I stand appeased. I guess. Though I believe I said that “I liked color a little better”, not “I liked a little color better.” But thanks for the effort anyway. Both are very nice photos.

By: parv

parv — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:54:57 +0000

“ I removed the fence rail in the background with the unfortunate placement of looking like it was Anthony's fan thurst through Grandpa's arm.”

I thought something was askew (after having seen the image with "fence rail in the background" few hours ago). (Fence being in the same line as the fan did appear as if some wood|metal rod had pierced the coat arm. I had to look a bit closely to verify that that was not the case.)

By: Zak

Zak — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:25:49 +0000

Hmmm…I like the B&W treatment, but the left half of the frame seems way too bright to me.

They were under the large awning of one of the temple buildings, so all the light was coming from the left. I sort of like it, especially with Grandpa’s suit reflecting so dapperly, but yes, it does lack a sense of symmetry. —Jeffrey

By: Luc

Luc — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:15:26 +0000

For bkac and white conversion, I love to use Silver Efex from Nik sofware (plugin for Photoshop and Lightroom now I think). It foes it for me much faster than Lightroom, less trials and errors. The presets are pretty good.
Nice photo here !

By: Grandma Friedl, Ohio, USA

Grandma Friedl, Ohio, USA — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:03:22 +0000

Interesting effect, though my first immediate impression was that Anthony had skewered his grandfather’s coat and sleeve with a spear-like object. Closer inspection plus your explanation cleared that right up. Still like color a little better, though.