[alt-photo] Re: another new gum...

[Keith Gerling]

Diana,

I find the sky in this work to be incredibly rich and complete.   Maybe its
a difference in monitors or something, but I really cannot visualize this
picture any "richer" w/o being cloying.





On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Diana Bloomfield <
dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Do you really think so, Keith?  It seems to me I've seen some wonderful gum
> prints that are rich and full of color that don't actually cross that fine
> line into muddiness.  I also see this image (subject matter) open to various
> "techniques" and options.  Obviously, a different mood would be evoked if
> printed differently,  but I can see this image printed both richer and
> darker-- even, and especially, in the bottom third (without evolving into
> muddiness) and becoming a print that's is as interesting and seemingly
> "perfect" as this one.
>
>
>
> On Jun 13, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Keith Gerling wrote:
>
>  Nice Paul.  The technique should fit the subject, which this does.  I like
>> the way you handled the bottom third of this composition.  A richer
>> handling
>> would have turned to mud.
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Diana Bloomfield <
>> dhbloomfield at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>
>>  Hey Paul,
>>>
>>> Well, this is nice, too-- but I like the others you did so much better.
>>> Maybe I just like the images themselves better than this one, but I also
>>> thought the printing was just superior and richer in every way.  I think
>>> this is the style (that a lot of people seem to love, I guess) that
>>> always
>>> makes me think of Polaroid emulsion lifts.  That's what this more
>>> "painterly" style looks like to me.  For what it's worth, my vote is for
>>> the
>>> other way.  :)
>>>
>>> Diana
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 12, 2010, at 12:50 PM, Paul Viapiano wrote:
>>>
>>> Here's another new gum in a more painterly style than my last two
>>>
>>>> offerings...
>>>>
>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/viapiano/4691939849/
>>>>
>>>>
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