ADavidhazy <andpph@ritvax.isc.rit.edu> writes: > The Photoforum gallery is at > <http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html>. Been a while since I've tried my hand at some reivews, but a couple of the photos caught my attention this week. pop-up dove (Jim Davis) -- Excellent title, to begin with. The tones in the feathers, and the sharpness of the image of the dove, are excellent. The head is pretty well placed, too, especially for an image you probably didn't have much time to adjust the framing of. Something in the tone of the leaves, and also of the (flowers? seeds?) rubs me the wrong way, though, and there's a *lot* of those leaves. The chute shakes loose (Emily L. Ferguson) -- That's *spectacular*. Worth the 3 or 4 years of trying, for sure. The exposure is absolutely dead-on in a really difficult situation, too (with the sky uniformly burned out, but the white areas of the sail all holding detail). *And* no sign of flare that I can spot. I really like the flowing shape of the spinnaker as it hangs there, and the various curves in various directions it makes. Hamilton Library (Greg Fraser) -- Nice problem in "leveling"; with the chains and sides of the pieces of stained glass going all directions, plus perspective issues, what will look right? This looks pretty good. Inconspicuous Flower (jIMMY Harris) -- A second rather low-key image (few light tones). The set of yellow, golden, brownish tones work well together. The side branches coming from behind the two flowers to (opposite) edges of the picture balance nicely. No part of the two flowers shows the sharpness I want in this kind of photo, though. Boy (Jeff Spirer) -- Nice use of the various overhead wires in the composition. The boys face looks really dead, almost zombie-like -- the effect of the eye sockets being so blacked out and the teeth also, I think. Gives the phot a rather sinister look. The Octagon, Wimbledon (Christopher Strevens) -- The dominant feature in the photo is the brick patters in the pavement; that's probably what caught your eye in the first place? The arc of buildings in the background is very precisely placed to look elegantly symmetrical; which is nice since they're not very elegant buildings. The various people show as minor distractions, though. Sunflower (Fred van Sand) -- The stalk in the lower right is burned out, which distracts considerably from the main subject, particularly since it's rendered a bit dark. The Gathering (Louis C Smith) -- Very nice set of shapes, and strong colors indeed. This is rather cool (except in color of course :-)). Dilemma (Peeter Vissak) -- The "dilemma" interpretation would work better if the two sausages weren't neatly lined up from the puppy's point of view. Looks like a very find dog. But somewhat underexposed. King of the Jungle, up close (Jayanth Vincent) -- That's close all right. Panning with him a little? A striking photo. Thanks to everybody who participates in the Gallery this week! -- David Dyer-Bennet, <dd-b@dd-b.net>, <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <noguns-nomoney.com> <www.dd-b.net/carry/> Photos: <dd-b.lighthunters.net> Snapshots: <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera mailing lists: <dragaera.info/>
