Per,
I agree about that darkness on the corner of the image. I tried to
crop it out but couldn't find a good cut so I left it in. Woe is me.
Thanks for your comments. I appreciate them.
Lea
On Mar 25, 2006, at 5:15 PM, Elgenper wrote:
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
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lea murphy
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