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On 2014-10-25 03:09:52 +0000, Tony Cooper said:
Taken earlier this week in Little's Drug Store in New Smyrna Beach FL. http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Curren...0-22-17-X2.jpg You are welcome to criticize, condemn, or comment, but not to re-work the image. I know you can do it better, but leave me the illusion that I can process an image satisfactorily. Nice scene & capture. I won't rework the image, but this is one I think would lend itself to B&W conversion quite readily. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 20:38:45 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: On 2014-10-25 03:09:52 +0000, Tony Cooper said: Taken earlier this week in Little's Drug Store in New Smyrna Beach FL. http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Curren...0-22-17-X2.jpg You are welcome to criticize, condemn, or comment, but not to re-work the image. I know you can do it better, but leave me the illusion that I can process an image satisfactorily. Nice scene & capture. I won't rework the image, but this is one I think would lend itself to B&W conversion quite readily. Someone has already started on the floor. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On 2014-10-25 03:48:34 +0000, Eric Stevens said:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 20:38:45 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2014-10-25 03:09:52 +0000, Tony Cooper said: Taken earlier this week in Little's Drug Store in New Smyrna Beach FL. http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Curren...0-22-17-X2.jpg You are welcome to criticize, condemn, or comment, but not to re-work the image. I know you can do it better, but leave me the illusion that I can process an image satisfactorily. Nice scene & capture. I won't rework the image, but this is one I think would lend itself to B&W conversion quite readily. Someone has already started on the floor. Another thought of mine is to do a B&W conversion with the exception of the lone customer at the counter, making him a live figure in a B&W scene. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 22:30:48 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: On 2014-10-25 03:48:34 +0000, Eric Stevens said: On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 20:38:45 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2014-10-25 03:09:52 +0000, Tony Cooper said: Taken earlier this week in Little's Drug Store in New Smyrna Beach FL. http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Curren...0-22-17-X2.jpg You are welcome to criticize, condemn, or comment, but not to re-work the image. I know you can do it better, but leave me the illusion that I can process an image satisfactorily. Nice scene & capture. I won't rework the image, but this is one I think would lend itself to B&W conversion quite readily. Someone has already started on the floor. Another thought of mine is to do a B&W conversion with the exception of the lone customer at the counter, making him a live figure in a B&W scene. Yep. I would go along with that. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On 2014-10-25 21:06:36 +0000, Tony Cooper said:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 22:30:48 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2014-10-25 03:48:34 +0000, Eric Stevens said: On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 20:38:45 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On 2014-10-25 03:09:52 +0000, Tony Cooper said: Taken earlier this week in Little's Drug Store in New Smyrna Beach FL. http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Curren...0-22-17-X2.jpg You are welcome to criticize, condemn, or comment, but not to re-work the image. I know you can do it better, but leave me the illusion that I can process an image satisfactorily. Nice scene & capture. I won't rework the image, but this is one I think would lend itself to B&W conversion quite readily. Someone has already started on the floor. Another thought of mine is to do a B&W conversion with the exception of the lone customer at the counter, making him a live figure in a B&W scene. I'm glad I mentioned that this image was not submitted for others to re-work. A black and white rendition would not work at all for me. The two-tone version is an appalling thought for two reasons: 1) The man is not the subject of the photo or the point of interest. 2) The photo doesn't need a gimmicky appearance. This drug store scene is a blast of the past to me. I spent many hours at drug store counters like this when I was younger. I can put myself in this photo waiting for a grilled cheese sandwich and a chocolate milkshake. The waitress will bring the milkshake in the metal cup right from that green Hamilton Beach blender because there's more milkshake than the glass will hold. The colors in this photo are part of the memories associated with the scene. The red stool seats, the Coca Cola red, the checkerboard tile floor, and those pale green glasses at the far left are exactly as I remember. I just wish there was that milkshake blender in the scene with a can of Horlick's Malt beside it. The photo is a bit yellowish, or warm, but that doesn't detract for me. I was only able to fire off one shot. No one chased me out, but standing there with a camera made me too obvious and I didn't want people turning to me. This reminds me of a Norman Rockwell scene (but not rendered as well as he would), and Rockwell usually took several photographs of the scenes he intended to paint. Rockwell had an advantage in that he could bring in characters to set his scene. He could have added a small boy being treated to a soda by grandpa. Or a cop. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.1179719 One of the reasons I don't like my photographs re-done by others is that often there's some aspect of the scene that I want to communicate in the finished image that someone else doesn't feel. A technical improvement may obscure what I was going for. I don't mind critiques or suggestions, however harsh, but just don't do it for me. OK! OK! Relax. It was just a thought, and I haven't molested your image. As I said before I think it is a great capture and nicely rendered image. I too used to enjoy those Saturday Evening Post covers, and your shot is certainly evocative of some of those. Anyway enjoy. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On 2014.10.25, 17:06 , Tony Cooper wrote:
This reminds me of a Norman Rockwell scene (but not rendered as well as he would), and Rockwell usually took several photographs of the scenes he intended to paint. Rockwell had an advantage in that he could bring in characters to set his scene. He could have added a small boy being treated to a soda by grandpa. Or a cop. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.1179719 One of the reasons I don't like my photographs re-done by others is that often there's some aspect of the scene that I want to communicate in the finished image that someone else doesn't feel. A technical improvement may obscure what I was going for. My favourite line from that article: "There were details, accidents of light, which I'd missed when I'd been able to make only quick sketches of a setting," Rockwell once said. Last summer there was a nice exhibit of Rockwell (originals) somewhere in the Cape Cod that we stumbled on. A lot of the photos used to make the paintings were on display as well. -- Among Broad Outlines, conception is far more pleasurable than “carrying [the children] to fruition.” Sadly, “there’s a high infant mortality rate among Broad Outlines—they often fall prey to Nonstarters.” "Bestiary of Intelligence Writing" - CIA |
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On 10/26/2014 10:25 AM, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2014.10.25, 17:06 , Tony Cooper wrote: This reminds me of a Norman Rockwell scene (but not rendered as well as he would), and Rockwell usually took several photographs of the scenes he intended to paint. Rockwell had an advantage in that he could bring in characters to set his scene. He could have added a small boy being treated to a soda by grandpa. Or a cop. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.1179719 One of the reasons I don't like my photographs re-done by others is that often there's some aspect of the scene that I want to communicate in the finished image that someone else doesn't feel. A technical improvement may obscure what I was going for. My favourite line from that article: "There were details, accidents of light, which I'd missed when I'd been able to make only quick sketches of a setting," Rockwell once said. Last summer there was a nice exhibit of Rockwell (originals) somewhere in the Cape Cod that we stumbled on. A lot of the photos used to make the paintings were on display as well. The Rockwill Museum in Stockbridge, MA has a lot of them, as might be expected. On Christmas night main streat in the Town of Stockbridge is closed as this image is recreated, live. http://stockbridgechamber.org/visit/stockbridge-main-street-at-christmas/ -- PeterN |
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 22:30:48 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: : On 2014-10-25 03:48:34 +0000, Eric Stevens said: : : On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 20:38:45 -0700, Savageduck : wrote: : : On 2014-10-25 03:09:52 +0000, Tony Cooper said: : : Taken earlier this week in Little's Drug Store in New Smyrna Beach FL. : : http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/Curren...0-22-17-X2.jpg : : You are welcome to criticize, condemn, or comment, but not to re-work : the image. I know you can do it better, but leave me the illusion : that I can process an image satisfactorily. : : Nice scene & capture. : I won't rework the image, but this is one I think would lend itself to : B&W conversion quite readily. : : Someone has already started on the floor. : : Another thought of mine is to do a B&W conversion with the exception of : the lone customer at the counter, making him a live figure in a B&W : scene. It's been done. In "Schindler's List" they arguably had an excuse for it. Here it would just seem pretentious and silly. Bob |
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