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Rand, I too really appreciate your evaluations of the work in the gallery.
Not just mine, but all of them as your comments help us to see each piece in a
little different light and enhances our knowledge. These are the types of
comments that make the forum a valuable asset to us. It was amazing to see three Paris photos in one gallery! I
erred in my description as it was 2007, not 2006. I took two of my daughters
to Paris for Valentine’s Day, mainly to show them that they too can travel to
other places outside of Arizona and the US! Another note is I was asked why I was going in February. In my
travels to Europe, I have learned that if you are interested in the
architecture, the winter is best as the trees are not covering as much of the
buildings… - Jerry From:
owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ranflory@xxxxxxxxxxx Here
are my VERY SUBJECTIVE comments on the work displayed by the PhotoForum members
who exhibited on APR 26 2008 at http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html.
http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery/mccown.html
Another
Parisian night photo! And this is another very well done photo. As in Guy’s
photo, the use of converging lines, this time slightly offset, give the eye an
entrance into the photograph. The colors created by the artificial light are
calming and beautiful. The color of the sky illuminated by the city below
serves as a complementary addition to the incandescent scene below.
The
photograph is so very well exposed with only the small, very white sign in
almost the exact center of the photo. Ordinarily this kind of thing would pull
the eye to the wrong place, but because of its center location it merely
punctuates the leading lines rather than to clash with them.
The
sail in the lower right corner is a bit too bright and is mildly distracting,
but not detracting.
It
is the Notre Dame itself, however, which sets this photo apart from a simple
night scene on the Seine. The lit vertical columns of the cathedral in the
upper right of the image almost perfectly balance the many street and building
lights on the lower left.
This
is a photograph to be extremely proud of.
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