It seems the trauma of changing the Forum's server put Andy in a glum mood -- or something like that. On the other hand, I agree with nearly every one of his comments, so maybe it wasn't the server problem after all.
But about two of them . . :
About Pini Vollach's Cat: I don't see competition between the geometrical shapes rather than an irrelevance between the shapes. The shapes are not the same, of course, but they don't even have anything to say to each other. Maybe because the cat is in pre-attack mode whereas the stones are just sitting there. If the cat were also sitting with enough of its body to be seen, then the cat and the stones would be having a conversation -- and disagreeing.
About my Gleaning: I wish I could have made the field of view wider, and I wish I had not cut out her legs. But, while she moved along gathering the peanuts, it was all I could do to ask her to look up at one point, and that was the only shot that counted -- for me. No excuse, of course; I'm still taken by the "haunt".
-yoram
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 9:33 PM, Andrew Davidhazy <andpph@xxxxxxx> wrote:
As seen at the PhotoForum member’s exhibit wall at http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html
Pini Vollach - Cat - Interesting how the cat competes against the geometrical shapes ... including the square format of the photograph. Wish I could say more but can't think of anything. It is a pleasant image though.
Philip Wayner - Turtlehead - Hmmm ... the enhanced granular pattern is just a bit too overwhelming for me. There is too much "dead" space on the upper side of the photograph in my opinion.
Bob Mcculloch - Sunrise - As sunrises go this one does not make it in my opinion as far as being spectacular. The halos below the Sun are a bit distracting.
John Palcewski - Ischia Ponte, Italia - Can't get "into" this photograph. Is there a visual story here? The man figure seems strange. Is he looking for shells. And the women, are they waiting for him? The fragment of a breakwater with a seagull on it is a bit distracting as are the boat fragments.
Art Faul - In Harm's Way - Very good composition. Got impact. The patterns of gravestones "make" this photograph. I might have cropped the left side a bit myself but that is me. It works as is.
Klaus Knuth - Jan in Arlington, VA, December 2014 - Jan? Jan? It is unclear what the subject of the photograph is. If it is the act of photographing a "rowd" in the distance I guess that is OK. I am mostly drawn in by the nicely manicured trees. But the photograph I believe is tilted and that detracts some from it IMO.
Yoram Gelman - Gleaning - Hmmmm ... I think the point of view is not effective (for me) I think a wider view might be better. I think the legs at lower right would benefit from not being left out of the frame. There is something "haunting" about the image though. But it could benefit from a more effective presentation.
Finally please not these are just my observations and are bound to be different from that of many others',
Andy
