My take on this week's 'pretty fair' gallery... Charles Siegel Developing Fern - August 2004 I dunno, I just always think of these guys as low to the ground, growing straight up. I can't say I've seen them this colour either. In any case, an interesting shot, but doesn't really grab me. Rubin F. Diehl Lilith on Rehearsal This shot is very nicely done, with just the right amount of highlights blown out. I'd like to see it a bit bigger though please, our monitors are quite a bit bigger than that. I love the rich wine colour of the - bed? WRGill Best Friend's Oh boy, is that a scan crop from the centre of the old family Ektachrome there? Is that WR as a child? Herschel Mair Very nice, very nice. Keep up the good work. Peeter Vissak Waiting for the concert Egads, a scene from the 70s. It doesn't look like a really big crowd over there. The reflections add a subtle bit of vitality to this othewise boring scene. I'll be the concert was fun, even if this scene of it doesn't quite make the 'art' category for me. Bob Talbot OPA After looking a bit and thinking a bit I think this is definitely prison bars. And I guess some kind of double exposure or overlaid slide? Let's see now, is that the rope that the photographer hung himself with as this photo was taken? :-) Marilyn Dalrymple Desert Surprise Wow! You send this fabulous image and only make it so small? Nice capture. Pini Vollach Dancing with camels Nice shot with good depth and wonderful setting sun colours. I'm not sure if it would have been better if you zoomed back, or shot more to the sides, but as it is, it's a darned good image. Well done. Per Ofverbeck Wild Carrot Hmmm, ya, hmmm. Ok, black and white has it's place, but with a 'beautiful' piece of nature? I find the background too is slightly annoying because it's not smoothly toned but seems to have a sort of rippling or spotting to it. Overall, this image needs something more to really make it grab me. D.L. Shipman I'm debating with myself as to whether this needs an extra bit more unsharpening. As to the image, I like it a lot. Very nice, well done. -- Jim Davis, Nature Photography http://jimdavis.oberro.com/ Standard Poodles for fun BMW motorcycle for pleasure
