Just back to my computer today. Thanks for your comments Bob. I will experiment with the cropping. Am learning much from everyone on the list. Was hiking the SW Coast trail. The village is Portscatho. We reached it the morning after a gale, which had caused us to hold up in St. Mawes, blew through. Took shot about a three miles into walk with another six or so to go. John > ---------- > Bob Talbot <BobTalbot@st-abbs.fsnet.co.uk> > > Subject: Re: PF exhibits on 09-27-03 > > OK, another review of images > on display at http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html include: > > > > > Emily L. Ferguson - > Sorry Emily: this one is not up to the standards you have shown us in > the past. I'm guessing this might be an image you're unsure of > yourself (?). > > To me it's just a jumble. It's almost a silhoette but not enough to > be so. > There is something "wrong" with the blues for me too. > The action that is there is central: the mast that cuts in across top > left just seems out of place for a good competition. > > Mmmm ... maybe I'll come back and delete this review: don't like being > quite this negative. > > > Achal Pashine - Baby Bird > Expensive lens, the F1.8zoom I'll bet ;o) > > Simple framing really helps the image (I mean the white border). > Lighting was harsh and sadly this has pushed the shadow side (wing) in > to deep shadow. Ah, Velvia. Not the film of choice for contrasty > conditions and even less so for scanning. > > It looks like you got the eye and toenail sharp: tip of beak has > obviously drifted soft at aperture used. > > Bird is central: a bit too much for me but I don't want to loose the > background that side. Instinctively I want to crop from the right but > it wouldn't work with the bird looking that way. > > I bet the slide itself is much better. > > > > > Jim Davis - Fishing in the grass > Not up to the standard of some of Jim's fantastic images of late. > This one really does not work for me. > Why I wonder. Mmm... lot of technical stuff. Hand held? > > Yeah, right. Image Stabilised lens or not this image ain't sharp. > > You've gone for the reflection and the bird but it's sadly made it a > half-and-half kind of shot. > > Oh, I also prefe the grey heron in head-out poses > > > > D.L. Shipman - Cloud and Palm > This image only connects for me from a curiousity viewpoint. I've > jumped to the possibly erroneous conclusion it isn't a straight shot. > The technical details imply it is - it goes to the trouble of telling > the make of camera yet my instinct says it was made in computer. > > Only the cloud looks natural: I actually like the effect on the palm > etc but not in the same frame as the cloud. > > Now if I'm wrong ... I'm prepared to learn. > > I want more details on the how of this one. > > > > > John Warner - Morning after the gale, Cornwall > Feel I want to be nearer the cliff edge on this shot. The sea > (especially the swell) is the essence of the shot yet it's hidden > behind some reeds. The village too: hiding behind a rock to the > right. > Horizon: well it's horizontal. Maybe a little too near the mid-line > and when I see the near featureless sky I wonder if we really need to > be seeing so much of it. > > The name of the village? Damn, I'm convinced I've been there but it's > name escapes me - but I can't help remembering the Lizard as I type. > > > > > Katherine Boucher - waterreflect 2003 > Lovely picture. I won't dismiss it out of hand as so many "judges" do > of ripple shots. It is beautiful. > > If it were mine I would crop it square (snipping from the base). The > upper 2/3 is where the main interest is for me. > > My fave this week. > > > > Andrew Davidhazy - Wasp on the loose > Ah, our "lazy" old host did dig into his archives and pull out yest > another example of his technical brilliance. > Yes: another example of what you can achieve given > 1) the ability> > 2) the opportunity > 3) the motivation. > As a technical exersize it worked. As a pictorial image the technical > side worked too well. I'd like to have some movement on the wings ;o) > Of course: Andy may be a charlatan and this is really an image of a > dead wasp suspended on a wire . > > Seriously: if that aunt pops her clogs / kicks the bucket / goes to > meet her maker and leaves me loads of dosh (US = her stash) then I > might well apply to RIT to do a photography course just to get to play > with this sort of kit. > > > Oh well, looks like I was just having a critical week. Who cares: at > leat the power is on and I have the luxury of composing this after > 10:00 at night. > > > Bob > "The Iraqi people cannot comprehend how a superpower that can get rid > of Saddam in 21 days still can't get the lights on four months > later" - Andy Davies > > > > >
