On 9/27/14, 5:25 AM, Andrew Davidhazy wrote: > The PhotoForum members' gallery/exhibit space was updated Sept. 27, 2014. Authors with work now on display at: http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html include: > Lea Murphy - Aixois Bistro, Kansas City The face is a surprise, I like it! Some distractions: the light right over the newspaper (but probably couldn't be avoided and still get the reflection), and the fact that the table is slanted, but the wall is not. You might try to crop it on the left nearly to the left corner of the table; it moves the subject from the middle of the photo, and removes some empty space. > Emily Ferguson - lanterns at day's endh A good idea, but the image seems too static to me. Maybe the centered composition. But what to do about it? I'm not sure; I couldn't find a crop I liked better. Maybe making the lights brighter and adding more contrast in the sky behind them. > Dan Mitchell - Norwich Cathedral A well-worn idea, but done nicely. Certainly a good job for a phone camera. The speakers (?) on the far left on the wall are a little distracting; you could crop them off, but you'd lose the symmetrical dark border in front. So, perhaps crop off both sides. It lightens the picture up a bit. > Klaus Knuth - TYSONS CORNER Nicely exposed. Humorous. Cropping off the right side bright area (but leaving a sliver of the blue and some room for the hand) improves the photograph. The fact that the cloud is growing smoke out of the captain's hat may or may not have been intentional. > Christopher Strevens - The park Certainly a park, and a chap in yellow who takes the stage as the subject, because there isn't another (and he's standing on a wall). > Jan Faul - Steps in Snow, Ledreborg, Sjælland, Feb, 1981 A quiet photograph. I like the color, and the shovel. I don't like the car front, and the top window being cut off. Cropping off the car (and the windows on the right, but leaving the ledge) improves the photograph. On a tripod, you had time to look at the full frame; watch the edges of the photograph. > Jim Snarski - Thief A good catch for use in a court of law (or deer), but not a lot photographically speaking. The background is a little busy. Unfortunately, a super zoom is going to be too slow to really separate the subject from the background. > John Retallack - Myrtle Beach SC My eye started at the massive cloud, then saw the lone plant stalk, then the people. The image is pretty, but doesn't really have a subject. The couple are right in the middle (and sheltered in the photo by the lone plant stalk) but still don't feel like the subject. Landscapes cut in half, or nearly in half, like this one, tend to feel a bit static; try to put the horizon a little higher or lower. Closer to the fence might have worked better, too, the foreground doesn't have too much interest, either. Andrew
