The PhotoForum member's gallery/exhibit space was updated JUL-27-02. Work on display at http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html includes: > I was going to review the gallery with only one word per shot ... but that takes even more thought. Here are some comments: not a review, too stressed for that ... > Christiane Roh - Plage de Rolle, June 2002 Unusual subject. Well balanced composition Pity there is no space betwee the woman's hand and the post. and that the two girls overlap so much Today only a woman would dare take this shot. > Roderick Chen - Splash Fun Great use of dog to break the symmetry. I'm feeling I want a different perspective though, lowering the camera to make the jumper clear the (central) horizon. But if you did maybe he would just look pasted on. > David Small - Powerful image Great use of someone else's work (the poster) but shot in this way and shown with this contrast it takes a whole new meaning. Where are her toes? Good lead in but painfull cropped. Would it look better if the people were between her legs? > Motti Heller - Simple Good shot with little clutter, but some clutter. Th black object is fine but the two light objects along the top of the dune (?) don't add. > John Mason - Interior, TOADS on Main Street, Charlottesville Nice and simple. I like this for what it is. Good use of colour and shapes. Nothing that could be removed or added to make it better. Pictures like this work best as part of a series ... which I belive this one id. > Jeff Spirer - Kiss This Different Maybe this style of photography is an acquired taste I have yet to acquire. Mostly it is OK but I can't get to love the lack of separation between the shadow-clutter around her haid and her hair. > Veli Cigirgan - Noon? Nothing to take away but I'm feeling there is more detail in your shot than it is possible to cram into 131000 pixels. In a print you could no doubt give some texture to the wooden window, here even the texture of the wall fails to come across. > Ken Sinclair - Alberta Wild Rose Beautiful Good use of wide aperture. Focus on rim of petal and droplets on leaf works well. No distractions in background. Always wonder if cropping leaf to right is good idea. Would it be more self contained if that leaf was complete? > Richard Cooper - The Blue Line Sad Overgrown schoolkids dressed up to play soldiers? Celebrating what? Civil war? Well taken shot though: the three guys at the front hold the eye. The bloke behind seens to have something in his. Could you clone it out? > Christopher Strevens - Banded Snail Almost The twig ours side of the snail running to bottom left being so far out of focus spoils this. It looks like the snail was going nowhere so I wonder if this was the best that could be done. Great bokeh though. > jIMMY Harris - ORION Curious Trying to get my mind round the technical trickery of this. I'll ask my amateur astronomer colleague what he thinks! Are you saying the lens was open for the whole 45 min or a series of exposures at increasing apperture? If it was in focus the aperure should just make them brighter as stars are as close to infinity as we can get really. The 8-sec on the star at the end suggests this was a series of short exposures? > Dan Mitchell - Lavender Summer Very nice shot. Lovely muted tones on the lavender: much better than if they had been shown in full sunlight. If the picture has a flaw, the bright satruated hedge (?) in the cackground pulls the eye away. I see why you did not crop it, but could you selectively tone it down in PS (unless that compromises your foundview integrity) Bob
