set digest > On Jan 23, 2015, at 5:03 PM, Pini Vollach <pinimage@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Andy, > > Thank you for your review ! > > Pini > > -----Original Message----- > From: photoforum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:photoforum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Davidhazy > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 4:33 AM > To: PhotoForum educational network > Subject: Brief comments on this week's PF members photos > > 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 > >