My inspired impressions of the images at the Photoforum Gallery http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html. Christiane Roh (Lausanne, Market day, Place de la Palud, March 2002) - I'm really drawn to the working of the red shoes, sweater and canopy and the green fruit, baskets and apron and the way the red and green are evenly distributed throughout the image. Everything is very neat and orderly here. Even the brown board at the left of the image follows the photo frame perfectly. The only tension comes from the diagonal table supports but even those are balanced by the vertical pole above the table with the length of the diagonals equaling the length of the longer pole. The diagonals also reflect the shape of the scale. Very well constructed image Christiane. David Small (Salute) - There are two things I really like about this image. First I love the lighting and texture of whatever these guys are standing before and the other thing is the relationship between the relatively small men and the towering steel behind them. Man taming the giant. I find this shot really dramatic yet at the same time peaceful which is perhaps not so easy to obtain in a photo. Beautiful lighting though. Jeff Spirer (Sacrifice) - I wasn't really getting an impression from this image but the title made me look a little harder. I got the feeling that the red might be blood. Then I looked up Cholula and found the pyramid that made me think of virgin sacrifice but the colored paint didn't seem to fit pyramid construction as I know it. So I asked the old lady who said she saw the back of a nude woman in the image. Now that's what I see (and the nude is quite beautiful) but the virgin sacrifice thing is cooler. Peeter Vissak - Man, I can feel the frigid air and feel the snow crunching under my boots. I've never seen crystals grow on a plant like that before but then again I don't recall ever seeing -30 here. That is Celsius right? Beautiful scenery and I like the placement of the crystal tree within the frame and the way all the plants lean to the left. Ernst-Ulrich Schafer - I generally don't care for the 'shot out the car window' thing but I think the dramatic sky gives this shot interest. I'm wondering what this guy sitting in the car is waiting to unleash upon the unsuspecting farm residents. Sort of a Cape Fear thing going on here. Nice job. King/Arthur (In/Out/Beside) - I can't say that I'm drawn to this image. The white shirt seems to slap me in the face while the woman on the right is too blue and the interior of the shop too yellow. I can't find a reference point to begin my journey. It may well be that this was your intention with the shot but I can't seem to relate to it very well. Alan Zinn (Greeters, Toronto) - This is my favorite of the Zinn panos that I have seen in the gallery. The others have had interesting aspects to them but they didn't have the flow that I find in this one. The distorted lines all seem to complement each other with excellent framing. The lines of the glass building lead into the statue which throws me back to the left into the building again and back to the statue. Its a fun ride back and forth and its all Canadian! Christopher Strevens, LRPS (Waiting for the Bus) - I'm not getting any impression from this image. It seems too tightly cropped and I feel I'm missing the context for this man. Emily L. Ferguson (Sculpting the ice) - The light in the ice does look cool but I would prefer to see more ice and less sculptor. Andrew Davidhazy (Figure) - Elegant, classic style pose and the effect is really well done. I like this image bery much. Thanks to all contributors this week eh? Greg Fraser http://users.imag.net/~lon2251/Gallery
