The PF gallery can be found at http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html. Perhaps it's because my own image is in b&w, but what I notice most about the majority of the images this week is the use of color. For example Scott Thurmond's 'Last Gasp of Summer' has intense pink on a reflected gray background but where the blossom blocks the sun, the vibrant green shows through like a Photoshop mask. I like that. jIMMY Harris' 'Dagger Plant' PS filter turned a common green/yellow plant (common to me anyway) into an interesting mix of vomit orangey-pink and fluorescent blue. I like that too. Karen Habbestad's 'nourish' just exudes luxury in its intensely rich emerald green. I feel myself falling into the color. I like falling. In my shot 'TG-773' color is non-existent but I shot it because I like the foggy, non-distinct look to the scene. Jeff Spirer's 'The End of Words' has the same non-distinct look that I like. It's also very dark with just hints of highlights in some areas. I like the effect and I prefer the b&w to the color version. I also like the way the balloon just touches the upper edge of the frame as if its barely contained within the image. Gregory david Stempel's 'Self Portrait' has some flare coming in from the left that I like. I also like the overall green caste. Marilyn Dalrymple's 'How Many Cats' shot makes me smile as do all your cat shots. I don't know why that would be since I don't care much for cats. I think its not so much the cats as your obvious commitment to, or adoration of, them. Fred van Sand's shot 'Fitzhugh Lane Statue and House' interests me by its lack of color in the sky. Its so totally monochromatic that it looks fake. That plus what appears to be quite pronounced pixelization of the edges cause me to look more closely at the image. Then I was suddenly struck by how bizarre the figure looks. It's got a sort of witch like thing going on with the hat and scrawny looking left arm. Interesting composition too with all the detail in a strip along the middle of the shot. The thing that interests me most about Gary M. Thomas' 'The Lock at Bléré' is that I see no lock. When I saw all the water I though of a lock on a canal but I'm thinking maybe its a lock on the door of the house (castle?) in the background. Perhaps the title is the wrong title or, as is the case with my shot, the title has nothing at all to do with the shot because the photographer sucks at creating titles. While the colors look quite accurate, they don't stand out like the colors in other images this week but I suppose that was not Gary's intent when shooting this. Leslie Spurlock's 'Sadhu' does have that red stripe on an off-white background but being a portrait, I'm more drawn to the subject's eyes and face. Again, shocking color was probably not Leslie's intent. That face could represent many emotions. If you cover up everything but the eyes, he looks almost sinister but the whole face with the hint of a smile shows a more playful impression. Christopher Strevens' 'Cafe - Tate Modern' doesn't shock with its color but the green roof still draws me to it. I also like the line of circles across the image but there's so much detail in the shot that the green roof is a calm oasis in the midst of it all. Another color shocker is WRGill's 'Monterey Bay Squid Trawler' with its almost fluorescent blue boat trim and saturated red buoy. The term 'squid trawler' sounds like a euphemism for something else. The contrast is pretty high but it does remind me of when I used to live on the ocean and 99% of the days were flooded with harsh light like this. Thank you gallery staff support personnel. I'm surprised to see 12 images this week. I would have thought you would save a couple for next week since the last few weeks have been so lean but who am I to tell you how to do your unpaid, come in on Saturday work? Greg Fraser Trawler of Squid "Things are never what they seem" - Vlad http://users.imag.net/~lon2251/Gallery
