Thanks for taking the time to comment on my photograph of Loic. He is a beauty, no? Lea ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Dall" <tdall@eso.org> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 3:59 AM Subject: gallery comments - 22/03/2003 > Hi all, > > Some comments on the gallery pictures. > > ----------------------------------------------------- > D.L. Shipman - Herons, Venice rookery > > Good shot. It's a bird... sorry, two birds. Not smth I would have on my > wall, but I can't figure out why! Maybe the lack of interaction between > the birds, maybe the way the branch and the birds legs connect. How > about cutting the lower part up to and including the branch... I like > the blue color. > > David Small - Attack Gull > > I love the mood, and the almost sorarised effect the light (low sun?) > gives. The tiny black band at the bottom and the unrecognisable 'bump' > adds to the clean, powerfull impact. The image grows and evolves as I > look... Great! > > Greg Fraser - Sunflower > > I like the composition. Except for that light on the big black leaf... > And perhaps it is a bit too heavy on one side. Good mood - I like the > soft light on the flower combined with the deep black leaves. > > Peeter Vissak - How syrreal is the World! > > Yep, the west wind is strong and constant in Denmark... I did not notice > the people at first, but then I saw - and saw the image. Just a pitty > with the flare, I don't think it adds to the image. Yes, it leaves me > with a surreal feeling of something known and yet strangely unknown. So: > good image :-) > > Bob Talbot - St Abbs Harbour > > It is abit dull at least on my monitor, but I feel the colors were more > saturated at the scene, and maybe also on the slide? Maybe a polariser > could have been handy, taking away the reflections in the water and > given the colors a boost. > > Lea Murphy - Loic > > Wonderfull boy! Looks like mine when he was that age. Perhaps a bit flat > light, but it has to be soft... no, I have no objections! > > Don Roberts - Vase at Sunrise > > Nice abstraction, good colors and an interesting pattern on the vase. > But: The window behind is distracting, and I am irritated by the left > ear of the vase touching the edge of the image (From your comment I see > that you are excused, shooting from such an awkward position) > > Jim Snarski - The Violinist > > Good capture of joy! Background blurred, but still somewhat distracting. > Also it is same color/tones as her clothes and hair. She does not stand > out from the background. > > Rand Flory - The Flower > > You got no comments on the flower between her legs...which one is > "major" and which is "minor": you could easily get into trouble > commenting this picture! Technically very good, but I think the > positioning of her legs is a bit strange; maybe you could have turned > the camera a bit so the legs were not horisontal, giving more triangular > shapes. Good and thought-provoking. > > Gregory david Stempel - Night Light > > Looks like you were undecided between getting all of the lamp or > cropping it. I think you should do one or the other; this looks > in-between. Crop both sides and top and you have a very interesting and > somewhat surreal image. > > King/Arthur - Close In > > Looks like a video still. I don't like snapshot aestethics, sorry. > > > jIMMY Harris - Tex-ASS > > Funny? But I still don't like snapshot aestethics. Sorry. > > --------------------------------------- > That's it. Hope I have not been too mean. Feel free to respond! > > Thomas > > >
