Rand, I too saw the various lines moving the viewers interest to the right. Maybe that's what attracted me to the image. The only reason I converted to grayscale is because my photographic love is in B&W. I'll probably do more digital that way. Perhaps somebody will invent a B&W digital camera(Don't anyone say a thing). Thanks for you thoughts, Bill Ellis wb9cac@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "rand flory" <ferret@wyoming.com> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 12:24 PM Subject: Thoughts on PF List Exhibits 20 DEC 03 > > Bill Ellis - Untitled > http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery/ellis.html > I like this image a lot. There are so many contrasts. There is the beauty of > the ancient church offset by the ugliness of city encroachment, and the > poses of the individuals awaiting the train. This is reality. But for me it > is the lines that give this photo its sense of proportion. The dark of the > overhead shelter breaks the image in two. But there are lines both above and > below that point all try to converge somewhere to the far right of the > picture. These lines tie together the newer items into a whole to contrast > against the older church. > > Conversion to grayscale was the touch of genius that gave this image > feeling. This is a masterful street shot. > > > Scott Thurmond - "Lost in Thought?" > http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery/thurmond.html > Very cute. The story, the oval cut-out and the wood chip-like frame combine > to show imagination and skill. This is the most fun image I have seen on the > Forum for a while. > > > WRGill - "Light Rain on the Duck Pond" > http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery/gill.html > I want to like this shot. There seems to be much to like. But it is just too > small and too fuzzy to see well. Given WRGill's experience, the fuzziness > almost has to be an artifact of downsizing the image. I just wish I could > see what it really looks like. > > Happy holidays to all Forum members. And once again, thanks to Andy, Beatriz > and all the authors this week for their contributions and efforts to make > the Forum available and viable. > > pax, > > rand > >
