Veli Cigirgan - Nedret A great
portrait of the lady, the head scarf and other clothing is nicely presented,
and the hands setting the scarf give interest. Whilst the glasses tend
to loose the detail of the eyse, this is not total, and the effect is very
good, with the front eye adequately shown. The background is well out of
focus, but sufficiently detailed as to give an impression of a (maybe) middle
eastern town.
Jim Davis - Lake Cowichan Inhabitant
I like the picture of the floating? chalet, presumably
moored to the group of tree piles. The canada Goose on the top of the
mooring is a little too small for my likeing, and tends to disappear into the
background.
What is the flying 'thing' on the right of the chalet, apparently
attached tothe roof of the hut ?
The white line of surf/rope/what which goes from the left edge to the
chalet, and then from the chalet to the right edge is somewhat disturbing, it
cuts the picture into two which is not needed, subdueing this would improve
the picture a lot.
Greg Fraser - Submersion
Technically, very good, but not my kind of picture, so will not comment - it
would be far too biased.
Jimmy Harris - doUble eXposure
If all double exposures were this sucessful we would all
ask for shutters which worked twice for each frame ! This is a good
picture taken from the rear of a train I assume, which is well framed by the
window opening. The track work gives a great feeling of depth, together
with the building on the left. The mountains receede very well due to
their blue colour fronted by the black hills, and are great. Then add
the second exposure, this gives added interest to the snowy areas.
Howard Leigh - Daniel loves yoghurt....
I bet his mom loves this. Obviously a snap shot, in
the best meaning of the word. A good portrait of a child, which, I think,
could be slightly improved by dulling down the grey and white stripes of the
chair he is sitting in, in particular the near 'vertical' edge stripes.
Christopher Strevens - As it used to be
Again, not my kind of picture. Probably a very good
shot to record the days of yesterday, but it does not evoke any atmosphere for
me. I think it would be improved by the removal of the towel and towel
rack from the left hand side, this distracts from the main centre of the
picture, i.e. the sink.
Peeter Vissak - Madonna with the Child
A very nice 'atmospheric' shot of mother and child.
The near monochrome quality of the majority of hte picture is good, with just
the heads and hands in 'colour'. The simple composition adds strength to
the picture, and the soft focus effect is well used. The subdueing of
the woman's left hand (bottom of picture) is good as otherwise it would have
been a significant distraction.
I would like to see a larger, un-compressed copy of this picture.
Pini Vollach - Monk A great
study in white, with touches of bold colour in the subject. The
composition of this picture is good, and the monk is placed nicely on a
horizontal third. He is though, on about the middle from top to bottom,
but this I think makes the picture, as the textures in the stonein particular
in the steps in the front of the picture and the splash of blue sky
augment his position. The remainder of the picture i.e. the monastry, is
nicely rendered, with sufficient detail in the carving to define the location,
and the blue/grey of the white stopping the background becoming a total 'white
out'.
The light through the sun shade and reflected from the white stone has
enabled the monk's features to be recorded and seen, and his clothing to be
rendered in colour.
Richard Wrigley - Le Havre Church Tower
This is my picture, so I am bound to be biased so I do
not comment.
