Barely under the wire and struggling to finish before the battery dies on the laptop, these are my hasty impressions of the gallery at http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html. Roderick Chen - To me this thumbnail is very different from the larger image. I like them both but the thumb appears more stable to me. In the thumb I see lines leading to a woman who bisects the angle formed by the intersection of the wall and railing. It's an interesting composition and I really like the lighting. But the larger image clearly shows the wall behind the woman is at an angle and that bothered me until I began to make up reasons why Roderick subconsciously either made the wall appear at an angle or didn't notice it. He claims its due to a low quality camera but I know its because it bothers him to see his wife leaning dangerously over the railing so he tilted the whole image back a bit to make her position more stable. Rose Pasquarelli (Polar Attack) - What a cool, comical shot. Every time I look at it, it looks to me like the bear is coming from a different angle. Then it looks like his jaws are on the side of his head. Was he really going for the doll or is this just coincidence? Nothing like 1000 pounds of bear smashing against old plexiglass for excitement. Marilyn Dalrymple (Hey - I Wasn't Ready!) - I'm not a cat person unless they are out of alergy range and have a comical expression on their faces which this one does. Thanks for making me laugh. It's been a rough week. Dan Reeves - I like the angle of the butterfly. If I ever got close enough and fast enough to shoot a butterfly I would be tempted to shoot if full on the back. Perhaps you were shooting the flower and the butterfly just lit as you took your shot. Either way I like the combination of shapes but it seems to be crowding the left edge of the frame and that is upsetting my lazy, sunny day feeling the butterfly is trying to give me. Erynn Jacobsen - Well its kind of a harsh light the sun is providing but I love the shadow it made on the dogs chest. It goes well with the overly large head of the dog. I also like the way the white flowers work with the white of the dog's coat. Very nice doggie shot. King/Arthur (Umbrageous Youth) - Amazingly I really like this shot. Extreme digital effects don't usually thrill me but it seems to work quite well with this image and its not being used to mask a mediocre shot either. I like the placement of the umbrageous youth and the vignetting (or just lack of light) at the edges. I like the exposed ironwork in the back and the more or less two color palette. The vertical placement is perfect too. I really like this one. Kostas Papakotas (two friends) - Lighting looks pretty good to me Kostas. Not a flash reflection to be seen in either pair of glasses. I never had a smile like that when I went back to high school so you must really know how to work a model. Jeremy Novak (Beaver Creek) - The date imprint doesn't really work for me. I do like the color scheme of the rest of the image and it looks like an interesting spot. Personally I would have used a slower shutter speed to soften the water more and seperate it better from the rocks. I like the camera angle though and how you included just enough canyon and trees above the water in the background. Robert Carlson (Korean World Cup Fans) - I think I already reviewed this image in a conversation with Andy so I'll just reiterate that I like the ambiguous blurriness of the cars. Scott Thurmond (Disciples of Barney) - To me this could use less DOF. The boy on the back is well defined by the white slide behind him but the other boy almost blends into the dark background behind him. What's kind of neat is how the left hand slide curves down to Barney's tail which leads me to his head and the ball behind him that almost fits in his mouth. Bob Talbot (Wagons) - I used to have a wagon but I broke the bottom out of it by throwing bricks into it. Then my father blamed me for breaking it even though I had nothing to do with quality control at the Arrow wagon company. But seriously Bob, do you know anything about this shot? Was it a wet plate shot? Developed in the back of a wagon perhaps? Alan P Hayes (Hunting - These guys shure do look menacing. They remind me of a murder in the city I used to live in where a gas station attendant put a bag over a customer's head and killed him with a fire extinguisher. Its amazing how we judge so much based upon looks. What attracted you to this scene and compelled you to shoot it? Do you know these thugs? Sorry for the quick impressions this week. Ran out of time. Thanks to all the contributors and the slurpy PF staff. Greg Fraser http://www.geocities.com/fraserg1962
