Re: [CR]Question about British cycling artist, Frank Patterson

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From: <"hanuman@bdol.com">
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Question about British cycling artist, Frank Patterson
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 18:58:55 -0400


oroboyz@aol.com wrote:
> They are not the same...
> Notice the distinct soft blue in the sky above the mountains.
>
> Now look at the same print in Wallingford site. No color whatsover....
> In fact, by comparison, not only is the Serigraphics inc softer but the Wallingford version is almost anemic by comparison...
> This whole deal is like finger nails on the chalkboard to a person like me with an art background...

I took a look at the links Dale posted and I have a feeling that the Wallbike print might be of the same quality as the Serigraphics print. The Wallbike print on the web page shows a lot of digital artifacts from sharpening. I downloaded the Wallbike jpg and lo and behold, the camera information was still with the file. It was done with a similar camera that I have, a device of less lofty aspirations. So, the real print _should_ have better colour and subtleties of tone and is quite probably the equal of the Serigraphics print which looks to me a scanned image with sub- optimal processing. The culprit : Photoshop and others of its ilk.

Chee-Heng Yeong
In soggy Bristol, R.I., USA