Gallery´s been updated, but I haven´t received the usual update
letter from Andy; in fact, no activity on the list. Let´s try some
comments as a test:
Jim Snarski, Western Scrub Jay: Good portrait of a colourful bird.
Are these as pushy for food as the Steller´s Jays that steal the
sandwich from your hands if you´re not careful?
Marilyn Dalrymple, Day Before Dying: Flowers are often most beautiful
when they start to wilt, and this is an excellent example. The dead
white background is a bit hard on the eyes, however. I understand
that you want to emphasize the translucency and fragility, but how
about a dark background plus some diffused light on the petals from
above and behind the flower? Nice thing with potted flowers is that
one can experiment a lot with light and composition; they won´t run
away...
Peeter Vissak, Lotta: I do a lot of dog walking myself, in the
Swedish woods, and Estonia is close enough to make me feel right at
home in this setting. Nice dog; those flying ears say it all...
Guy Glorieux, The Tourists: An image to look at for a long time,
discovering new details all the time. Ideally, it should be printed
large, to really open up on you, but those Forum rules...
Lea Murphy, Lauren: Good environmental portrait, only a little flat
in the lighting. I don´t think I would have recognized the stone
stairs as books without the caption, but I don´t feel it´s important;
it is a well chosen setting nevertheless. I am not quite happy with
the dark window fragments in the top left corner, but just cropping
doesn´t work here. One step to the left and then re-framing would
probably have gotten rid of it.
D L Shipman, All Hallows Eve Visitor: A good portrait, well lit (not
altogether easy with such a shiny dress). The incongruity of such a
dress on a small child is used here in a tasteful way, hinting at the
fun aspect of it all.
Dan Mitchel, Sentinels: We´ve all seen such scenes, but still the
surrealism comes through here. A little more drama in lighting would
have lifted the picture even more, but there´s not much one cal do
about in a shop where you might even have to sneak a photo when no one
´s looking.
Trevor Cunningham, Tannery Exhaust: Pollution control doesn´t seem to
be very effective here; just wondering what it is like inside....
Might be interesting in colour as well, but I know Trevor is a B/W
worker, and a good one at that. The textures here are very well
represented, with excellent tonality.
Andrew Davidhazy, Whitetails: Obviously we have a very steady-handed
administrator on this Forum: handholding a 600 mm (960 mm equivalent
on that camera) at 1/30th - and get a tack sharp image! A good image
as well: both animals standing the way they should, and heads and
legs well separated - Andy, come clean now: they are stuffed and
carefully set up, aren´t they? (Just kiddin´...).
Now, let´s see if this makes it to the list...
Greetings,
Per
Per Öfverbeck
http://ofverbeck.se
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