These are my impressions of this week's gallery as seen at http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html. I wasn't planning on doing a review this week but a posting I read today spurred me on. Dan Mitchell (The shopping expedition) - The edges of this image are very open with all the attention in the center. At first I didn't like that compositionally but then I noticed how the focus of my attention mirrors their own focus of attention. All their friends dead, in a world of technology they can't understand each other and the warm sunshine are some of their few remaining pleasures. I like images of elderly people and this one in particular Laurenz Bobke (Sun, Sky, Rocks and Water) - I wouldn't imagine a tripod on a boat on a river would be that effective but this image looks pretty clear. Nice scenery and nice lighting but the composition seems to need some foreground object other than just water. Kostas Papakotas (Looking Out) - When I first looked at this I thought it was a digital collage and I was impressed with the quality of the shadows on the face. Then when I read your details, the shadows were less impressive and I was more impressed with anyone who can get away with traveling with a bag that color. I image the owner in white rimmed sun glasses and a custom fit, leopard skin jacket. The shot looks like an ad. King/Arthur (Whew!) - Camera details conveniently omitted. Did you take this and how did you take this? Its a very cool shot but is it a photo or a digital creation? enrico christion (enlightenment) - Jam packed with symbols eh? I like the lights around the figure. I like the crosses on the hills. I just can't seem enough on the screen to truly get into it like I would like to. Christiane Roh (Lausanne, Pl. de la Palud, november 2002) - I really like the man's face, the shelves and the object on the table but that excess knee bottom left is a bit distracting. I usually don't like flash lighting but the man looks to be half natural and half incandescent lit. Elisha Page - Beautiful sky but it looks like there's a digital halo around the building where the sky was added. I love the way the shadow of another building snakes up the side of this building. The shadow and the outline of the visible building work very well together. This is my son's favorite image in the gallery. Andrey Ivanitsky (Montmartre) - Pleasant street scene. Not spectacular but pleasant. Emily L. Ferguson (Russells Mills pond, S. Dartmouth, MA) - The colors are pretty muted on my monitor. I didn't really notice the diagonal line until I read your details. Probably more saturated as a slide eh? Richard Cooper (Safe Harbour) - Great sky developing behind the boats but I find the composition confusing. I can't find anything to focus upon and the numerous lines seem to lead around haphazardly. Bob Talbot (Birth and Death) - If you hadn't mentioned that the lighting was terrible, I wouldn't have noticed. Difficult yes but not terrible. Perhaps just well handled. Anyway I like the photo in the photo, the pose of the people and the telly. I'm not sure why the TV interests me but it does. Very well composed and framed. The pose of the baby and woman work very well together with the woman's arm completing a circle between the two. Guy Glorieux (Old Montreal 1) - Too impendingly dark for my liking. I find the sky oppressive and the round tower window downright scary. You're freakin' me out man! Thanks to this week's contributors. Greg Fraser
