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Thank you both for the input, guys, I appreciate it!

Back in the 60s, I took a picture of a little Latino boy in the street near

Columbus Circle in NYC. Thanks to the gorgeous child, I think it's a charming

portrait (http://www.photo.net/photo/6600184).

 

I would love to get it to him or his family. Does anyone know of a place on

the internet where I could post the photo and ask, "Who is this?"

Auto Levels don't seem to work very well for skin tones--true? I have a

portrait I took indoors. It has a marked yellow cast. If I use manual

levels, I cannot get rid of the yellow. If I use Auto Levels, the yellow goes

away, but the faces now have too much saturation and probably too much

contrast (these show more in print than on the monitor).

 

Is there a way to git rid of the yellow with using the color balance? What is

it that Auto Levels does to get rid of it? I can, of couse, using lighten and

brighten adjustments, but is there a better way to use levels?

 

The photos are at http://www.photo.net/photo/6507956 and I am

also attaching small versions. Thanks for any help you can give me, I

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What is an 8-bit mode image? I found a very neat little explanation of how to

correct architectural perspective in Photoshop at

http://www.outbackphoto.com/workshop/PSPerspectiveCorrection/PhotoshopPerspectiveCorrection.html. However, he says the image as to be in 8-bit mode. So I

took a photo with my Nikon D80 and it worked just fine. Took another one a

few minutes later, and now almost all the "Edit" menu was grayed out,

including "Transform," where the process starts. What did I do wrong? :(

I have read a lot about nose distortion and what causes it (angle too wide or

being too close to subject), but I cannot find the solution. Is there a

distance that is too close? Is there a setting that cannot be used? Is it a

combination of both? (I use the Nikkor 18-200 AF-S VR 3.5-5.6). Thank you!

A great photo is one that stops you in your tracks, takes your breath away.

Thank you, David ... I guess what I really was wondering was why most of us seem to like sharp detail so much (and I should have worded it that way, instead of my long wordy question). I love your answer--that it makes us feel like we are part of the scene.

I am not looking for definitive answers. Just looking to open a conversation ... a forum, if you will :)

Two photographers can look at the same photo and say, "Plenty of detail,"

or "Horridly blurry." Should photographs be detailed? Should only some parts

of them be detailed? Many of the same questions can be asked about

photography as are asked about painting; but because the camera mimics (or

replaces) the eye, we may demand of it what the eye sees. What do we want

from a photograph? To feel good? To think about something new? To have

something decorative to hang on the wall? What impact on these does detail,

or lack of it, have?

Merriam-Webster calls beauty that which "gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit." If there are no senses present, no mind or spirit, then there is no "beauty." But the moment you show up and perceive the swan and sun as beautiful, then they are! Thank you, pico and Jack, I am laughing out loud!!! :)

I posted a photo 32 minutes ago, and it still does not appear, although the

posting seemed to go through fine. Is this normally how long it takes, or did

I do something wrong?

Thank you, Michael, for taking the time to give me a very complete and detailed answer. I appreciate it.

Thank you, John, I appreciate your support. I did my best to ask my question in the proper category (I thought it was Administration, but I don't see that one now). I received an email saying my thread had been recategorized--no explanation as to from where, to where, or why. So I have no clue what I did to deserve Ken's curt response. As to ratings, I tend to think they should not be anonymous, but I could be wrong. What I do find arbitrary is one rating for originality and one for aesthetics, with the further constraint that you must use both. So if you find a photo particularly beautiful but not particularly original, you can't honestly leave only your positive feedback. I would like to be able to leave a high rating without being limited this way.

Identity is shown for person leaving comment, but hidden for person leaving

rating? Is that right?

Roger Kallet, thanks so much for Caps Lock tip re lost brush. It was driving me nuts!