Comments on: Just Some New Year’s Photos

By: dogbertt

dogbertt — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:16:53 +0000

I thought the sky was fine too — it was the tint of the windows that was unnerving. In the first two, especially, I thought they overshadowed the Bigak far too much. In the first image, the Bigak is still quite dark in comparison to the background features.

But everyone’s a critic, right? Thanks for taking the time to take those photos and share them.

By: Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:47:32 +0000

Actually, I replaced the photos with much-less-retouched ones. The sky is pretty much as it was.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:54:23 +0000

But just as I think that Korean women are best when untouched by the plastic surgeon’s knife, so are photographs themselves best when presented au naturel.

Even the prettiest faces are enhanced with subtle make-up. The camera itself can distort an image and make it look unnatural; good retouching undoes camera distortions. I do agree with you that the blue skies in the upward shots are a little too cobalt.

By: boshintang

boshintang — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:09:25 +0000

I have to agree with dogbertt on this one, the sky is a little overly fluorescent. Also, since you were all the way in Korea’s Manhattan Gwanghwamoon taking pictures of the main buildings, how could you miss the Gwanghwamoon icon itself, the statue of Admiral Yi Sun-Shin!

By: Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:28:04 +0000

A bit better now?

By: dogbertt

dogbertt — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:28:18 +0000

I say that as someone who enjoys your photography.

But just as I think that Korean women are best when untouched by the plastic surgeon’s knife, so are photographs themselves best when presented au naturel.

By: Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:08:17 +0000

You’re no fun, dogbertt.

By: dogbertt

dogbertt — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:47:12 +0000

That is a freakishly unnatural blue hue.

“GIMP” indeed!

By: mjw

mjw — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:54:14 +0000

Robert, last time we talked, I think I told you how much I love the Kwangwhamun area and how they’ve refurbished it. It’s great to work in the area. That contrast between old and new has always been fascinating to me. (Think: Boston’s Trinity Church). I wish they would do a restoration of the Dong-ah building, though, just to polish it up a bit on the outside.

By: WJS

WJS — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:28:36 +0000

Great pictures! Particularly the one combining the four styles.

But now for some pedantry.

Based on my service several lifetimes ago as a building inspector, at least
one American city makes a distinction between bay windows, which go all
the way to the ground, and oriels, which don’t.

But some dictionaries don’t make the distinction…