A big gallery this time. On Sat, March 10, 2012 8:13 am, Andrew Davidhazy wrote: > The PhotoForum members' gallery/exhibit space was updated March 10, 2012. > Authors with work now on display at: > http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html include: > Bob McCulloch - Morning Ride Nice perspective shot. If you straighten it, and possibly crop out the distracting bag in the lower left corner, it might improve it. > Bob Sull - Hot at work Good abstract photo of fire and water. It's a little too tight of a crop for a news photo though; I'd like to see what was burning. > Jim Snarski - Perched Beautiful little bird. I love the splayed legs. I think the focus is not on the eyes, which is where these types of shots should be, but relying on auto focus sometimes does quite get there, and at long telephoto lengths the depth of field is limited. Good shot, though. > John Palcewski - Vittoria An interesting shot ruined for me by having an inane description. The shot is good enough to carry itself; leave well enough alone. > Ken Sinclair - When is supper? Amusing. I assume it is supposed to look as though the dog is chewing on its own arm, and it does. The back of the dog is rather blown out, though. > Howard Leigh - Peter A good portrait, with an unnecessary amount of backstory. Very grainy, but Tri-X will do that. The hair on the temples looks a bit blown out, but it cold be that his hair is just really white there. > Sherie Taylor - The Wave A propitious bird, making this a much better shot. It's too bad the bird isn't in good focus, but it's good enough to make the the subject of the photo, for me. The wave is not large enough or significant enough to make it the subject, title notwithstanding. The horizon is straight (or nearly so), though, and that's good. > Don Roberts - Temple Detail I wanted to like this, but the blown out wooden studs and face of the lantern vie for my attention, and the tilt of the photograph just distracts me too much. There isn't too much you can do about the tilt; perspective is the problem, and it does look like you make the lantern the only straight object, at everything else's detriment. > Michael Hughes - Proud Father and Happy Daughter Actually, this is pretty good. Her coy look really makes this for me. It's a pretty tight crop and it looks to me just a bit tilted, so I assume that if you tried to straighten it you'd lose too much of the people. It isn't too much of a tilt, anyway, and possibly just my eyes. > Christopher Strevens - Just Sitting It's a very close portrait, and not completely in focus. It may be that you were closer than the minimum focus distance for the particular focal length you were using. Or perhaps the camera focused on her nose and not her eyes. It is interesting that there is a type of portrait that is so close, it makes one uneasy. This is one of those, for me. Andrew -- http://andrewsharpe.com
