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Subject: [Leica] PAW-Adam's Wk11 - Faces in the Crowd 2004
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Sat Sep 4 06:33:16 2004
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20040317100952.029edb18@mail-aj.acpub.duke.edu>

I think that it's the glow at the edges of her hair that makes it look 
like a cutout.

Jim - http://www.hemenway.com



Aaron Sandler wrote:

> At 05:29 PM 3/16/2004, Adam showed:
> 
>> <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2004PAW/Wk11-TCN400-11-Faces-R1-crp-crv-shrp-
>>  
>>
>> crp2.jpg>
> 
> 
> Adam,
> 
> I don't know why, but for some reason when I first looked at this I 
> thought the girl in the middle was a cardboard cutout, or maybe a 
> photoshop insertion.  I'm not suggesting that's what she is, but 
> something about the flatness of her face and low contrast (compared to 
> her father's) makes her look fake to me.
> 
> Did you do anything in postprocessing (like dodging or adjusting 
> contrast) differently for her than for her dad?
> 
> Best,
> Aaron
> 


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