Bob wrote: >Some random thoughts while viewing the full-scale images. >Is this the worst set of images that have ever been shown in the PF gallery? No, not by a long shot. I love Bob's reviews. Not only does he get right to the point and with a bit of humour, but they require one to read between his lines a bit to fully appreciate them. Here's my thoughts: >John Edwin Mason: >"John D'earth and Conrad Herwig" >http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery/jmason.html It's a bit small, surely black and white can be a bit bigger. Now, about the image. I think it's a bit different and slightly more interesting with the focus rear and highlighting the person back there who seems to look slightly angry and menacingly at the photographer. next >David Small: >"Walk in Water" >http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery/small-1.jpg Unfortunately the main subjects are too dark in shadow to appreciate what might have been a very good photo. >Dan Mitchell: >"Pulley" >http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery/mitchell.html I love the textures and colours of this photo. Ain't digital colour great! Well seen to take such a mundane everyday thing and makes this image. >Rand Flory: >"Autumn at Beck Lake" >http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery/flory.html Again, too small to appreciate, and too dark. To heck with the highlights when you need midtones! It's just too wishy washy flat overall. >Jeff Spirer: >"Maple Shack" >http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery/spirer.html This is a very nice maple shack, heck it looks like the summer kitchen in a big old farmhouse. I think you captured a part of this scene - lots of steam, and cold outside means you try to stay warm and have to work in all this steam. I have to say though that I'd have liked a much lighter scene. It's not that you were trying to hold detail through the window outside - increase the exposure! >Greg Fraser: >"Hidden Meaning" >http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery/fraser.html Hey, it'd make a great wallpaper tiled. If you really really like yellow of course. I like it in small quantities. The stamens are confusing to me, and as an abstract, this image just does nothing for me. I can't find any hidden meanings either. These darned flower photos are tough. I took some recently and was wowed by the colours, but otherwise they're just flower shots. >Don Draper: >http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery/draper.html I like the background, the lighting, everything is very nice here. The top flowers though look out of focus. Oh, and I hate fake flowers too. Nevertheless, well done with such a subject. >jIMMY Harris: >"A SUNSET - It happens everyday" >http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery/jharris.html Well, it's not the best sunset photo I've ever seen. The centre part looks like it was 'held back' in the computer or darkroom. It might be better with a different colour glow rather than purple. Oh and some detail in the surrounding scene would also have been nice. Still, it's a pretty good photo due to the composition and interesting clouds. >Jim Davis: >"Fairy Reflection" >http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery/davis.html I've got a lovely A3 print of this with a sharp eye and beak on the bird. This is a relative thing though, as I find it sharp enough to appreciate the surrounding scene and colours which is what I like best about this photo. Giving an eyeball only a few pixels does seem a bad thing, but that's life on the internet. Oh, and the top was cropped on the large print. :-) And perhaps on a Mac it might look too light... In any case I'll be honest and tell you all that I think this is the best photo that I've ever taken. Maybe next week I won't, but we all do get a certain feeling about certain photos we take, and this one enchants me. Thanks for the review Bob, it brought me back to earth! >Andrew Davidhazy: >"Warped outlook" >http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery/davidhazy.html Very interesting, well done, Andy. This looks like a tough medium to exploit, but you've done a nice job. I agree, Bob. It was a good gallery. Now, anyone else want to add to this, go ahead make my day. Jim Davis Nature Photography http://www.kjsl.com/~jbdavis/
