The PhotoForum members' gallery/exhibit space was updated 24-JUL-04. The gallery is at <http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html>. My comments this week: Greg Fraser -- Eye -- And umbrella :-). (that's not a complaint) It's quite a nice eye, and it's an interesting view of a face. I feel like the head is tilted to the right and it bothers me slightly (don't know if it's *true*, mind you). Peeter Vissak -- Nice moment. I like the opposite focus of the young woman (to the left) and the child and cat (to the right). I wish you'd shot from a lower position; you're about eye-level with the woman and *way* above the child and cat. And I wish the road didn't get so bright, but you weren't in control of that I know. Jim Snarski -- Echo -- I do like the partially-hidden second lily, which I assume provided the title. I like the backlighting of some of the front lily petals, and the set of colors overall. I'm not sure if this is possible, but I feel like the focus is just a bit too far forward; I'd like the sharp zone to include the rear petals of the front lily. Dunno if that was an option; it *looks* like the zone of sharp focus extends forward out of the frame and hence some is wasted, though. D.L. Shipman -- China Rose -- I like this very well. The bits of stem, foliage, and other (very) background elements plus the orientation of the flower create a nice diagonal without distracting from the primary subject. David Dyer-Bennet (ME!) -- Worn Lily -- I guess it was flower week! I'm not instantly ashamed of this seeing it in the gallery, at least. It was shot on a Fuji S2 with a Sigma 105mm f2.8 EX macro lens, ISO 100, 1/180 sec. at f6.7, in RAW mode and with manual exposure. Handheld, natural light, no modifiers. Leslie Spurlock -- School Child (Haiti) -- This is a very striking photo. I like the mirroring of head position, expression, and hand position of the two students. (The title, being in the singular, actually bothers me slightly since the photo is so clearly of *both*). In an ideal world I'd want both the top of the left kid's head *and* the tip of the right kid's pencil, but if this angle of view was what was available this is the right tradeoff. I don't miss the little bit of head *that* much, and I'd miss them if any finger-nails were missing. John Mason, Jr. -- Soweto, South Africa, July 2004 -- Striking contrast between the person and the sign. The sign is modern, clean, happy, and high-tech. The person looks a bit sullen, and while not particularly disheveled or dirty doesn't give the modern-design clean look of the sign, and is probably not nearly as well-to-do as the sign is playing to. Somehow the contrast of hats helps, and the intersecting diagonal gazes (though they don't seem to intersect *on* anything). I kinda like the small version of the sign on the pole, too. Jim Davis -- Ginza Umbrellas -- Oh, cool. Fun, fun, fun. Nice of them to go to all that trouble to build you this shot, eh? :-). Needs to rotate about 1.7 degrees counterclockwise though. And maybe be warped for perspective correction? Haven't tried it to actually see. Laurenz Bobke -- Autumn Reflections -- Warm and colorful. The small things (leaves I'm guessing) floating in the water are too small and too much the same color to show up well, but too visible to ignore. Pini Vollach -- Petra Siq -- Nice terrain. Bit of lens flare there (but in pretty much worst-case conditions). I'm guessing you didn't have a wider lens, and really wanted one. This would be a LOT more interesting if the people were more included. I may well agree (not having seen the original scene I can only speculate) that the way you did it is more effective than showing less of the rocks over them and more of the people, anyway. Thanks to all who participated in the gallery this week! -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
