Re: PF main exhibit on MAR 07, 2009

[Trevor Cunningham <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The PhotoForum members' gallery/exhibit space was updated MAR 07, 2009. 
Authors with work now on display at: 
http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html include:

J Michael Sullivan - South Dakota Badlands - 026 - Reminds me of the 
wonderful sights I saw when I went to TR National Partk in North Dakota. 
This almost has a feel of a movie still from a 1960's western flick. I 
love the color: from the velvety steel-blue sky to the fiery iron vein 
in the gully. Something about the resolution gives it a feeling like 
it's a canvas painting. Sharpening gone too far?

Tina Manley - Peruvian summit - CHECK; sun poking through the clouds - 
CHECK; double rainbow - CHECK; cloud tipped mountains - CHECK; ancient 
ruins - CHECK; I just wish the background temperature more closely 
matched the foreground's. Perhaps a little layer mask to whiten those 
clouds a little? Otherwise, a lovely travel photo.

Greg Fraser - Silence - Ever since that night...oh now, what was it, 
1978? '79?...anyways, when the widower Don Marckles lost the farm and 
hung hisself in them rafters, folks always kept clear of that farmhouse. 
Marckles and his wife, Libby, never spoke to the other townsfolk...they 
mostly kept to themselves...lit the place with oil lamps. Lotsa rumors 
'bout strange sounds and crying coming from that house. Some folks say 
an Amish family put a hex on 'em. Hard to tell. The only son, Roger, 
just followed his father last Wednesday...no children of his own...up 
fer auction the end of this month. Reckon there will be some buzz down 
at the courthouse round 'bout then.

Andrew Brooks - Moonlit Valley - Nice! It has almost a Tim Burton feel 
to it. I like the tilt in the image, it lends a more fantastic feel than 
if it were square. I'm wondering if a little more detail in the shadows 
might lend a little more depth t the image.

Russ Baker - Mikki - Good job on getting her lighter tones to stand out 
from the background, but you seem to have lost much of the chair and 
definition to her pose. I like the composition and the tones are soft. 
This would be a nice portfolio image for her as a model, it shows a lot 
of character...aside from the obvious, her facial expression is very lively.

Alan Zinn - Being a Kalamazoo native, I must admit that I haven't been 
to Greenfield village since I was four. Nice post-production to give it 
an old-time feel...I could imagine this gracing the cover of a pamphlet 
at the information center.

Jeff Saxman - Reminds me of the cover to the edition of Wasp Factory I 
read. Wishing there was just a little more DOF so that more of the skull 
would be focused.  Not sure I like the framing treatment, but it does 
add character that would certainly not be there without it.

Emily L. Ferguson - needles - I miss snow...fantastic tonal range on 
this one. Lots of crunchy texture and still signs of life. I like it.

Rob Miracle - Snowy Tree - Beautiful tree...too bad about all the other 
distractions in the image: the branches in the foreground, the red fire 
hydrant, and the suburban tree line in the background. Public Park? The 
tree has a Dr. Seuss feel to it...should be high atop a mountain 
somewhere, lonely and willowy.