Thanks for my laugh of the day...and so early, too.
Lea
On Nov 8, 2005, at 7:56 AM, Gregory Fraser wrote:
Images here:
http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html
Ranting here:
Robert G. Earnest - Ah, yes. The Fox TV rendition of America. An
obese (but lovable) person 'woohoo'ing as a meteorological disaster
bears down on him. Why is he happy? He's gonna have that government
disaster relief money, the TV news money and the 'Amazing Video'
show money he gets from selling the footage plus he's gonna be all
over the internet! Wow, he already IS on the internet! Sure beats
busting your ass loading pumpkins onto a truck.
Jim Snarski (Autumn) - Like the contrast of color but my monitor
doesn't do justice to what I imagine this scene looks like in real
life.
Trevor Cunningham - Like the end result here. Looks like a shot
Admiral Byrd might have shot with a Kodak view camera back in '28.
Well he might have if the arctic had been covered in calcium
instead of ice and snow. Oh, and if you crop the top 1/4 of the
image off it looks like a majestic bunny.
D.L. Shipman (Approaching Blood (full) Moon Oct, 2005) - Nice and
clear. The moon is so cool. I remember staring at it with my little
telescope as a kid. The photos are always so low contrast though.
You should try bumping up the contrast and colorizing a bit. Gotta
make your photos stand out if you want to get noticed. While you're
at it Photoshop your initials or your face onto the surface. Make
it faint and obscure like the way Jesus makes his face appear in
pancakes and gourd bumps.
Seriously though, nice shot.
Rubin Diehl F. (Escher Lives!) - There is a fire escape outside a
building that I pass on my way home from work and the regular
pattern of the steps always attract my attention probably in the
same way you were drawn to this shot. Their repeating, organized
rhythm, while not exactly soothing, gives me a sense of stability
and calm. Your image gives me the opposite feeling. The red is
overwhelming and the softness of the image plus the noise reminds
me more of blood than romance or luxury. Most of all though, the
way the entire staircase is at a slight but very noticeable angle
gives the whole image an aura of tension as if you've snapped this
shot seconds before the entire thing crashed to the ground perhaps
killing an ex-pumpkin farmer with his pockets stuffed with cash as
he exits the bank below.
Laurenz Bobke (Fog in the Park) - I'm far more interested in the
building than the foreground willow branches but I could live with
them if only there wasn't that defective branch on the left. I
don't mind nature's defects (of which I am one) but the fog gives
the image a muted softness which is ruined for my by the dark line
of the branch where the leaves have been stripped off by teenage
lovers struggling for balance while experimenting with chapter 17
of the Kama Sutra the night before.
Rich Mason (Handy the Clever) - The coolest cat shot I've ever
seen. Love the teeth detail, the angled crop and the way the
whiskers curl up. This image reminds me of photos of Salvador Dali.
Elson T. Elizaga (You talking to me?) - Another very cool animal
shot. How many times have I been on the wrong end of that stare?
Even my kids when they were 6 months old used to give me the old
"I'm so disappointed in you" glare.
Good gallery in my opinion. Thank you faceless, nameless gallery
drones for another excellent job. Oh by the way I was looking on
the RIT web cam and I noticed there's some bird crap on Andy's
Beamer. Someone better get out there and lick that off pronto
before he gets back from his weekly pedicure over in the
cosmetology building.
Greg Fraser
Supreme Master of Funk
http://home.golden.net/~fraserg
lea murphy
www.whinydogpress.com
