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Well, I mostly ie. 99% work in b&w - I consider color photography far more difficult, and I'm not there yet before taking color pics... one day may be... ;-) As for this picture b&w is I think more appropriate since the blending between the two "layers" operates better in b&w.

David, nope I scanned a working print (cf. digital acquisition field). I've stopped scanning negatives - too many problems.

Thank you for your comment. What is your definition for a "true photo" ? As for me I believe we - people from western "civilizations" - tend to analyse things according to different criteria or levels and forget to grasp things as a whole. I would say the only important criterium about photo is simply the 'experience' people have when viewing at it and the sincerity/genuity of the author.

MS wrote "This is not high-concept, just cheap silliness--and not even that well done, in terms of framing, contrast, etc."

Thank you for your comment however I don't remember pretending this picture is "high-concept" as you say.

;-)

 

not that I do not want to answer your question but... let say that sometimes things are better left unanswered... I am quite happy your imagination worked full steam when looking at this picture. Would have it been the same if I had given full details...?

Thank you James for the painter's name. About the numbers, it's just the photo index number from my files which appears after the caption - not something I have a grasp on since it depends on PN html layout.

may be too centered

Thank you Christian for your comment. Actually I picked that photo after digging into negs from 2001 taken in NYC. You are right with camera level, I had to rotate the whole picture quite a bit :-( Conditions during the shot were not very good and today I'm not happy with many aspects of this picture. However I like the general feeling of it.

 

About digital manipulation, I like your idea, althought I prefer manipulating my pictures to a minimum level.

 

Thank you for taking the time to comment it.

Taken at a signature/authograph session. The author was very playful but it was extremely difficult to catch his eyes (very fast look, almost never looking towards photographers). I like his books, I like the man.

well.. I gonna ask you many things... ;-)

o what about the title ? does it make sense to you ? any suggestions?

o I can't remember the name and painter of the "background" image

o like it ?

May be you'll find the contrast better (?)

Thank you Steve! The image you see is a scan from the negative. And yes it's true prints are much better and I seriously intend to scan prints rather than negatives.

Thank you Jason for your comment in French ! At first I did not imagine this picture would get some positive feedback. I went back to the darkroom, retrieved the negative and made a couple of prints. I must admit I managed to get a quite nice print showing much more details than the current scan, much better contrast too and realized there was a little something I underestimated into that picture before.

I will scan this print and see if it gets better than the current negative scan. If so I will post it here.

Thank you all for your comments.

very creative approach ! I especially like the face's lines which blend with the stone layers. Convey a very oniric (does this word works in english ? I mean dreamy stuff) feeling. I enjoy it a lot !

Interested in having your feedback on this composition.

excellent use of reflections - a bit surprised by the not so good ratings it gets - your picture deserves better

nice composition and colours - however I don't understand whether your photo has been manipulated or not.

Film was a Kodak Portra 400BW and not Ilford HP5

The kind of shots I'm fond of ! Reminds me of some elements of Ralph Eugene Meatyard photos.

Peter : actually I only have contrast problems on some very specific images (generally the ones with a broad spectrum of tones) where I mainly lose details around zone VII. I will post an example here or on the forum you mentioned.

Merci beaucoup pour le commentaire.

Contrast - I know it is a problem... I intend to stop scanning from negs (minolta dimage II) and use a flatbed scanner on my prints. Wouldn't like too much to use photoshop.

Daniel - thank your for your nice comment - I did not use a tripod - available light (if I remember well it was mid-afternoon in summer) - I sometimes use a Nikon FM2 and I realize that my M4P or M6 Leica allows much slower speed than the FM2 without losing focus.

Taken in the children department of an Ikea shop. Aperture was likely

to be 1 or 2.

very nice - has your photo been manipulated (photoshop,...) ?

Hello Fred,

Thank you for your comment on http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1572160

Regarding the title : I believe the model was thinking to her deceased grand mother, hence the title.

 

addendum (25 June 2003) : as you suggested in your email I changed the title from "thinking to her" to "thinking of her" - thanx