The Photoforum gallery is at <http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html>. Apologies to all for missing the last week or two; though I stop short of promising to *catch* the *next* week or two reliably, either. But I'm trying to participate in the gallery discussion a log more regularly than I have of late. I suppose I should find another shot to submit, too. Roger Eichhorn -- Purple Flower -- I love the leaf shapes and textures, and the flower has a great set of colors. Exposure seems spot-on, too, in a fairly dificult situation. I would crop or clone out the dark brown intrusion at the right, though (and you could crop down from the top some if necessary to help balance). Charles Dias -- Remember Nautilus -- This is very fine in a number of ways; the shades are nice, the lighting works well on it. The two things I find a bit distracting are the background texture+tone (I think maybe having it darker would help, or else having it smoother or something) and the bit of shell in the right lower corner being out of focus (everything on the line from central whorl down to the bottom edge on the "obvious" line about 20 degrees left of straight down is sharp enough, which contributes to the corner being distracting, I think because that makes it a "big" island of unsharpness bordered by sharpness all around). Yeah, I've done some macro photography, the focus and depth of field is essentially *never* just perfect. Guy Glorieux -- Thames -- Flat and unsaturated to my eye, and the sky is too bright; I can just see the beginning of cloud detail that would help a lot. Cropping the top of the big tree at left doesn't work very well either. The picture may work much better in the context of a series, though. I've seen that kind of day in England, but I don't think this picture really captures it (I'm not, however, trying to insist that all pictures of England should be taken on sunny days!). I've used a graduated ND filter for this kind of situation with some success. Elson T. Elizaga -- Julia -- Cute kid. Nice pose, with the stranglehold on...Pooh, I think? And looks like you managed to get it straight (or at least straight enough to crop later), probably in a hurry, which is good (the geometric wood pattern provides too blatant a set of references for the usual amount of crookedness to work well, I suspect). I'm skeptical of the very *small* crop off the top of her head, but in a hurry or needing to correct other things that might be the best you had available of course; anyway not a severe fault. Jeff Saxman -- Mmmm, avocado. The full-size picture doesn't seem to be available. The thumbnail is striking, though I'm a little worried about the specular highloights on the skin right near the center of the frame. Renate Volz -- in the name of... -- Hmm, I think the state of mind there is closer to "By my order and for the good of the state...". Looks like the photo has insufficient depth of field, and cropping the blade that near the point seems wrong. The shadow is nice, and the detailing in the basket and on the blade just in front of the basket are very nicely shown. The grained wood makes a good backdrop. Tim Mulholland -- No Peeking! -- A nice moment, though it's a shame the inherent logic of it deprives us of nearly all the eyes. Decent light in the groom's room is of course not going to happen in a grab shot of this, but it weakens the photo quite a bit. And I'd like to have the feet on the left, even at the cost of the rest of the door frame at the top right. Morley Roberts -- Edith -- Need to balance the subject, which is exposed very nicely, with the background, which is hot enough to start to be distracting (to the right). Be nice to roll down a *huge* sheet of 1 stop ND gel behind the near tree, eh? The hair, dress, and pose all look like a fashion shoot (the model looks nice, but not so exotic she could *only* be found on a fashion shoot set), so I'm glad to see that's what it was. The near tree makes a nice background for her. Thanks to everybody participating in the gallery this week! I still think the gallery is one of the things that makes this list interesting and useful. Seeing each other's work is good, and practicing talking about actual photos is good, and having something to distract us from other discussions once a week can be very handy sometimes too. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
