Dear Colleagues,
I have been contacted by a number of photoforum members* who ask that I review this week's gallery.
I spent 3 days at a wedding early this week. It's the first 3 day wedding I've been to, and I must admit it's the best wedding I've been to (other than my own :-).
Looking at the thumbnails made me look at my fingers. Have I forgotten how to count to 10? have 2 of my fingers mysteriously dropped off? <shrug>
Veli Cigirgan - Old City Jerusalem, Jewish QuarterI'm not sure that I see anything in this shot that I wouldn't see in any city -- still maybe that's not the point.. Without the corner of the table and the rubbish, I think it would be better. But I'm just compulsively tidy (don't try to verify that with my wife though).
Pini Vollach - Tea CupsHey, that's cute. I'm a bit thick -- it took me a few moments to realise it was a reflection in a tray... Strangely I find my eye drawn to the out of focus reflection more than to the tea cups. Perhaps it's because I don't drink tea?
Per Ofverbeck -
Oh yeah. I like this. What more can I say?
Gregory david Stempel - Narrows Bridge No. 2
Nice shot. It's a pity you told me how you shot it though. ;-)
Trevor Cunningham - blueberry pickin'Hmmm, looks infra-red. But why the bright corners/ends? It looks like you used a centre spot filter on a lens that didn't need one?
Elisha Page - Dancing with lightSerendipity? Are they going to put it in their album? Gee, I would if it was from my wedding!
Deen Hameed - Yugi-Oh! Green Eyes Black Dragon
Here kitty kitty kitty! Nice kitty. Yep a nice kitty!
David Small - Lines Crossed
Hahahaha! Yeah. It's a tad soft though.
Emily L. Ferguson - blunt-leaved milkweedNice!!! But what is it with all these bloody drop shadows? Don't tell me that photoshop has a new function called "add cheesy drop shadow"? Not having a go at you Emily -- I've seen a few of these and to my mind they really *don't* add to the image. If anything I find it distracting. But hey, I'm a traditionalist. I don't even look at web pages on a monitor. I get them printed first, then I write my emails out with a quill and ink.
Peeter Vissak - Self-portrait on the kitchen windowAn interesting mix of the inside and outside. It makes me think of shots where you *really* want to take the shot, but you can't help but be in it (either because of reflections, shadow, or some other reason). I had one of those on the weekend. I chose to hang on to a brace of helium baloons (is that the correct colective term?) so at least my shadow was interesting :-)
Howard Leigh - Fallen LeafI was really waiting for this one after seeing the thumbnail, but I'm a little disapointed :-( And I don't even know why.
Laurenz Bobke - Kyoto Theatre Scene
I quite like this. I think it's an image that really works for me.
And now for my best shots of the week... (In no particular order) Laurenz, Elisha, Per.
Best, UnBob
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