Re: PF exhibit on 09 13 08

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At 8:30 AM -0400 9/13/08, ADavidhazy wrote:
The PhotoForum members' gallery/exhibit space was updated SEP 13, 2008. Authors with work now on display at: http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html include:


      Fred Hecker - The Open Door, 22nd Street off of 11th Avenue, NYC

This is really neat. I love the reflection, although it looks like a superimposition of some other image. And the colors on the unidentifiable panel inside the door look related more to the tree than to Manhatten off 11th Avenue.

It would be very interesting to see the view from the doorway looking out.

      Jim Snarski - Glacier National Park

Ah. So many choices. Where to place the horizon? Shall I cut off more water, since there's no particular interest in it except the boat? But if I do that is there more interest in the sky to compensate? I'd kinda like to keep the panoramic effect, but if I crop off sky and water, if both are relatively boring, then either I get a sort of panoramic effect or I have to cut off some of the closer mountains on either side. And what a shame the clorox bottle is moored to something so out of character with the rest of the environment. And how to keep detail in the close hills while not blowing out the clouds. Hmmm.

      Lara Ashby - My Garden Where I Live

I, too, am not so certain about the unhorizontal horizon. And the placement of the fairy so far away from the right edge, but snipping off a tiny piece of her left knee.

I think you should have soaked the earth before making the shot. It's too much the same tonality as the little fairy. She needs more contrast, maybe even a lot less sharpness behind her as well.

      Marilyn Dalrymple - Shadows

Curious, but I can't make it satisfy me, visually. Don't know quite what would, but it's not doing it.

      Dan Mitchell - Eye-level

Shadows.  I'd like some shadows.  Just too high noon for my taste.

      Bob McCulloch - Boots

Here's a situation that lends itself to one of my favorite exercises - spend an hour and at least 50 shots with this setup and see where you arrive. This is a good starting shot.

      Emily L. Ferguson - Niagara Falls - postcard shot

Well, guys, the mist is inescapable. The Maids of the Mist (I, II, III, IV, V and VI) with their load of gawkers all draped in blue plastic ponchos, are so integral to the place that a postcard shot would be incomplete without. The rainbow? Part of the cliché too.

I was happy to have them all converge!  I didn't get to choose the weather!

      Lea Murphy - Elaina, wedding day

Wise beyond her years.

The droop in the breasts contradicts the white dress, but matches something in the eyes, something older than 30.

I think it would be improved by cropping just above where the dress meets the left hand, clipping out the majority of the cleavage. And she would greatly benefit from having her veil open on her head behind her. The skin color looks ever so slightly pinkish on my monitor but her skin is very clear and pure looking, which also conflicts with the wisdom in her eyes.

There must be a way to shoot a middle-age wedding, keeping the classic shots, without contradicting the age, but I sure wouldn't want to have to do it on the fly!

Thanks to all who make this entertainment possible.

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