The Way Out Is Through
You would not believe the trouble I had trying to get an A4 print of this image. I tried Photobox but they couldn’t handle it. I tried the kiosk service at Metro Imaging in Soho and they couldn’t handle it either. So I ended up going to their Clerkenwell branch and sitting down with someone who worked out that it was obviously being printed afterhaving a Photoshop profile applied to it. She stopped talking to me when it was obvious my face was a uncomprehending blank.
The final print I’ve got actually looks nothing like this image which is a good and bad thing. It’s far more blue and you can actually see some detail past the diver. It looks much more like you were actually there. However, there’s something a little surreal about the slightly neon glow in the image below which I like but that isn’t on the final print.
What do you think? (Feel free to say you can’t stand it - I can take it!)
(If you’re interested, this was taken in the wheelhouse of the SS Thistlegorm in the Red Sea)
For future reference, it might be worth trying http://www.fotoserve.com - I know a couple of the guys involved in running it and at least one is a keen photographer as well as being an all round great bloke (and uber geek!) himself and I suspect would be happy to get his teeth into this sort of thing personally.
And I could always pass him any nudges via msn if need be
Comment by Cat — June 15, 2005 @ 6:07 pm
Thanks Cat - will remember that future reference.
Comment by The Stalker — June 15, 2005 @ 6:16 pm
Hey Stalker, I actually like, the neon glow adds mystery. And I love mystery….
Comment by S — June 30, 2005 @ 9:28 am