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Perfect framing. A composition that aids in insight into a personality. Quite fine indeed.

Bruce Gilden gave me a private lesson once that opened up new worlds to me.

Added it to my favorites.

I really feel the rocking of the boat and smell the oily sea breeze when I look at this. It captures the feel of the moment perfectly.

Technical question: how did you scan this? I've never been able to get good skin colors with Ektar.

two points if you can identify where this is...

This was up around Amsterdam NY. You can buy a gorgeous 12 room victorian mansion there for cheap, as long as you don't mind the holes in the roof...

Thank you!  looks like I've been lazy when it comes to taping down the film.

All you scanners out there... How do I avoid newton rings. I'm using a glass film holder. In the mean time, lets all head over to the Holy Ghost club on Sodom Rd. No photoshop.

With a some work on the colors and a closer crop this will be a terrific image. Add a slight red filter to it to balance it out, crop and straighten, increase the exposure about a half a stop with a slight bump in contrast (use curves, not the slider). I think you will be happy with the result.

Do you have a raw file? The burned out section distracts from what would otherwise be a fine image. You should be able to recover it in raw.

It's my belief that excess post-processing ruins the immediacy of a good portrait. Once you start mucking around in photoshop you start to get results that the brain doesn't process as looking human, and that causes it to loose connection. My belief is that as much as possible when doing portraits you should try to get the results you want in-camera. I know this sounds clinical, but the response I am getting here helps confirm my beliefs. Post processing by its nature adds an inhumane element that distances you from the human.

back stage on last tour before retiring.

backstage just before show