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.
Please submit to the gallery, both images and opinions.
--
Emily L. Ferguson
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New England landscapes, wooden boats and races
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