----- Original Message ----- From: Gregory Fraser <Gregory.Fraser@pwgsc.gc.ca> To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 5:28 PM Subject: Gallery Impressions July 7, 2002 > On this my son's 6th birthday, having survived the emotional rollercoaster, > as the caffeine-sugar slurry that has been my diet today distorts my > perception I pace back and forth typing out my impressions of this weeks > gallery (http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html) like a lab rat in a long > term cocaine use experiment. > > Robert Carlson (Still Life with Danny Glover) - I love the X-men look - the > angled camera, giant Danny's smile peaking up from the darkness and that > slash of neon. Very moody. The ornage caste really makes this image and > orange is not something I would likely have tried. > > Bob Talbot (Greeting) How can you not like this photo? Those pudgy little > clowns of the aviary world here shown even more animated than usual. The guy > on the right is obviously enrapturing the charming lady at his side with an > amusing story from work about how Johnson walked around all day with a > piece of toilet paper stuck to his shoe. I love the emerald gree of the rock > and the orange puffin feet. Way to go capturing the perfect moment Bob. > > Richard Cooper (White water Kayaking on an Erie canal Spillway) - Highest > marks for title length but I'm not being thrilled by this image. The kayaker > rounding the pole is interesting and an image cropped tightly around him > would thrill me more but as it is, the second kayaker, the rocks and all the > empty water distract me from the main boater. > > Fletcher Jernigan (Patience) - The balance of fishermen and environment in > this shot does not seem right to me. I think if the guys were specks on the > shore or if you zoomed in on one of them or even if the DOF was shortr this > would work better for me. As it is I can see some detail in them which makes > them a focal point but they are surrounded by clearly defined grass which > competes with them. > > Roderick Chen - Now perhaps this was a 65mm lens on the 4x5 but then again > perhaps it was a 500mm on the Nikon taken from the deck of the lodge while > Celeste freshens the cherry in your Manhattan. We need details man! > > D.L. Shipman - Lets see somebody beat this for slipping graphic nastiness > into the gallery. It looks like compression has removed details from the > plumage. I liked last week's image better. > > Christiane Roh (Lucerne, May 2002) - I like these window images with their > tricky optics. The scroll work above he window looks painted on when you see > it with the more vibrant window images. I like the blend of the solid, > classic stonework and the fluid, modern collage in the windows. Are the red > shadows behind the woman due to the window or are they prints inside or > outside the window? > > Mottie Heller (cafe) - I am interested in why you placed the cup so that it > lines up with the edge of the highlight on the table. I would have placed it > further to the left. This is maybe too minimlist for me. > > Kostas Papakotas (dead factory) - This is a very strange shot. There is a > lot of bizarre digital effects like a checkerboard overlay on the foreground > wall and fence. The background is strange to me also. I can't see a vertical > or horizontal line anywhere and the foreground fence breaks up any solid > shapes that may exist in the buildings. I sense disarray and chaos. If you > didn't mention it was a factory I would have taken it for an old prison. > With so many lines and nothing really stable to rest my eyes upon, I want to > look away after a short period of time. > > Greg Fraser (Broad Leaf) - No dangerous adventure here (except for getting > kicked by the kids or having the gate open into my head). This is a new leaf > on a plant in my yard. I like the pattern formed by the veins radiating from > the stem. > > Jose Luis Vasconcellos (Oh man, how I love Bill Brandt...) - What I like > about this image is the way the lens has thrust the feet into my face and > forcing a starting point for my eyes. Either leg leads into the shot and > back to the woman's head where I follw her eyes up and out of the photo. > Even her breast looks like an eye looking upward. I also like the way she is > lookat the the point where the diagonal line formed by her left foot, right > leg and right arm intersects with her left arm. Classic form. Very nice. > > jIMMY Harris (Little House - NOT - on the Prairie!) - Well if that's little > then I live in a shack. Wait ... I do live in a shack. Anyway the house is a > stable little triangle. We leave the house and begin our ascent of the > mountain. With each step the environment grows more harsh, more uncertain. > The danger increases, increases until finally poof! We reach a fluffy cloud > and a clear, extremely blue sky and we are back in our comfy zone. Pretty > cool how the cloud atop the mountain echos the white roof of the house. > > Not really great impressions but better than none. > Greg Fraser > http://www.geocities.com/fraserg1962 > > > > > >
