Re: brief comments on 8 photographs by PF members on NOV 28, 2014

[Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I will call Lars and give him 40 whacks for being so out of sync. If a burly Dane shows up at your door, it may not be him. I think he lives in LA now as he is retired from welding. 

On Dec 4, 2014, at 8:38 PM, YGelmanPhoto <ygelmanphoto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I agree with all Andy's comments except for Jan Faul's image.  To me the arm, and especially the handle, on the spool distracts from the rhythm of the metal and the hose.  But otherwise simple and elegant? - yes.

Regarding my image, I had too little time to notice my camera was not level! -- and there's no room to straighten via cropping.  As for his head in the center of the frame, I enjoy seeing this guy at the center of attention -- as his appointed place -- while carrying a doggy-poop bag.  So it's just a fun snap.

  -- www.ygelmanphoto.com

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Andrew Davidhazy <andpph@xxxxxxx> wrote:

As seen at http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html

Klaus Knuth - hmmmm ... very colorful all right but I am bothered by all the parts that are cut off. The yellow railing is a nice touch but it too is cut off ... not sure what to make of this.

Jan Faul - Cor-10, Copenhagen - elegant in its simplicity! The spool of cable contrasts with the vertical of the corrugated sheets of something.
It works for me!

Emily L. Ferguson - Dawn at Rialto Beach, Forks, WA - mysterious and foreboding. I might have gone for a more conventional POV raising the camera a bit and tilting down to see the base of the tree trunk. This would also have included a bit more of the surf which might have made the photograoh more appealing but maybe not as mysterious!

Jim Snarski - After the Bath - cute ... how fragile these bird chick seem and then they develop into mighty fliers! I like it!

Yoram Gelman - Power Walker - probably he IS making a trade deal! - but more probably just multitasking!. At first I did not notice the little dog.     Then I also noticed the "crowd" lined up neatly on the stairs. The tilted rendition does not add to the photograph IMO. Neither does the placement of the man's head in the center of the frame in my opinion.

Bob McCulloch - Pre Dawn at the Terminal - Unfortunately there is too much detail (indistinguishable) and the pillars / pattern while interesting probably from a closer POV as it is do not convey, in my opinion, the atmosphere of the location.

Christopher Strevens - Fracking Site - seems like an unlikely spot to start fracking. Sad situation. At some point even fracking will not yield additional fuel and probably much pritine landscape will be lost. So we'll take this as a "before" It may be interesting to make a photograph from the same location in a couple of years and see the "after".

Andrew Davidhazy - Somewhere from 30,000 feet - seems like it may be above the Painted Desert, near Holbrook, where there is a large potash mine ... but still no definitive identification.

Andy

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