hi i hope this is the right way to do this that is, reply to sender i'll get it after while thanks for your comment on my picture i wanted to see how my stuff would look on this site what may look ok on my monitoer will look different on others' (of course the burn out is still a burn out) and congratulations to angi what a door to open up--wonderful! remember your sense of humor when you go through... yours fred fred.vansand2@verizon.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Dyer-Bennet" <dd-b@dd-b.net> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 11:55 AM Subject: Gallery Reviewsre, PF Exhibits on 08-23-03 > 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/> > >
