Andrew,
I've had the same feelings at times. There are but a very small number of
members who behave as if they're poking a stick at a dead body. On the whole
this has been a pretty safe place to comment on photography. And there are
quite a few members who have been here for quite awhile, me included, who
are quite supportive.
In other words, I wouldn't let it get to you.
Gregory
Gig Harbor, WA.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Sharpe
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 8:07 PM
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
Subject: Re: PF members exhibit on AUG 06, 2011
There seems to be a rather disturbing trend, here. When I comment on
images, largely because I have submitted one, there are almost no other
comments posted. When I don't comment (or supply an image), there are
many more comments. I don't have any real data to back this up (I
suppose some data mining in the archives would prove me to be simply
wrong), but it sure seems this way...
Andrew
On 08/08/2011 08:58 PM, Andrew Sharpe wrote:
The PhotoForum members' gallery/exhibit space was updated AUG 06, 2011.
Authors with work now on display at:
http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html
include:
Don Roberts - July in Iowa
Definitely a Midwest scene. I like the patterns that corn is making; it
would have been good to be a little sharper. The horizon is tilted a
bit, and the lone tree in the center makes a rather uneasy subject.
Bob Talbot - Light Box
A very strong graphic, excellent composition and the fuzzy red
background works well. I don't really have a clue what I'm looking at,
except perhaps some interesting distorted reflections of pieces of
metal. It could be a commercial piece, or an abstract. But it doesn't
matter, this is very nicely done.
Robert G. Earnest - Reba
A nice portrait. Mid-speech is a difficult pose for a portrait. This is
a video grab? The image as a whole looks a bit like it was worked in
photoshop: her face looks almost too smooth, her eyes a bit too intense,
and something's funny about the depth of field, but it could just be me.
It is quite possible that her face *is* smooth, her eyes *are* intense,
and the DOF is what it is. Maybe you just tweaked the saturation.
Dan Mitchell - Harbor & Dock
A good scene, but the foreground distraction of the shadow keeps forcing
me to look at it. I think my eye is just looking for a subject, and the
iron moor and the shadow become them.
John Palcewski - Run
I don't get it. A previous commenter (sorry, I don't recall who it was),
said that it should be in landscape so she has a frame to run into; I
think that's a perceptive comment. But the picture isn't technically
executed very well, and there's no interesting subject, her face is in
shadow, and it's a very tight crop so we get no scenery. I mean, all
photographs don't have to have deep meaning, but it should have meant
something to you, and I don't get that feeling at all. I get the feeling
you're just ogling her and it's a little creepy.
Michael Hughes - Dean Clough Mills Halifax
Ok, but this is a photographic mailing list, and, besides probably being
a photo of the artist's rendering, I don't see much relevancy.
Christopher Strevens - hungarian lake
Well, you certainly have a flair for the surreal. You say "It is an
oxbow lake", but there's only a little bit of water in the photo. Your
viewpoint is intriguing, though, pointed square at the chair opposite
you. I keep asking myself, is someone supposed to be there? was someone
there who just left? What in particular made you shoot this photo, from
this position, and want us to see it?
Andrew
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