Andy, It's funny that I forced myself to keep to the formal reason for submission -- i.e. the great ironwork frontage and the guy at the edge of the bright shaft of light . And all the while I also kept looking at those three figures -- thereby admitting that they are the story as well as the frontage and the light. I can't make a case for two stories, but . . . who knows?
Art Faul - B-17 above Omaha Beach and English Channel - I know that documentation has its place, and this photograph certainly conveys a connection to particular past events. Generally I like photographs to stand alone, however.
Emily Ferguson - Snowy Egress - I have to admit that I looked for, and could not find, the bird. And not until Andy's comment about lots of snow did I realize what my problem was! Doh. Again, effective documentation here. It's certainly a different take on a river's entry into a bay.
John Palcewski - Distance - Very effective use of curves and depth. (Andy, is the only story the runner here?? Just asking. :) )
Randy Little - Valley Forge, PA. - For me, this photograph does not evoke any feeling for the past event, so it remains just a landscape.
Chris Strevens - the motor - The title and commentary raises questions. But the photograph itself is only an incidental accompaniment.
My take on the others in this week's gallery:
Klaus Knuth - Missing Man Formation - I never came across "missing man formation" before, and Wikipedia came to my rescue. Now I understand the smoke trail, and have to say the whole idea is an impressive offering -- and sometimes hard to photograph if the planes go through aerial figures. My problem with the photograph, however, is that it reminds me that there is too much reliance on military solutions to deal with world problems. But let's not go there.
Art Faul - B-17 above Omaha Beach and English Channel - I know that documentation has its place, and this photograph certainly conveys a connection to particular past events. Generally I like photographs to stand alone, however.
Yoram Gelman -
Emily Ferguson - Snowy Egress - I have to admit that I looked for, and could not find, the bird. And not until Andy's comment about lots of snow did I realize what my problem was! Doh. Again, effective documentation here. It's certainly a different take on a river's entry into a bay.
John Palcewski - Distance - Very effective use of curves and depth. (Andy, is the only story the runner here?? Just asking. :) )
Randy Little - Valley Forge, PA. - For me, this photograph does not evoke any feeling for the past event, so it remains just a landscape.
Chris Strevens - the motor - The title and commentary raises questions. But the photograph itself is only an incidental accompaniment.
-yoram
On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Andrew Davidhazy <andpph@xxxxxxx> wrote:
A few personal comments/opinions about the photographs by PhotoForum members at http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html
Klaus Knuth - Missing Man Formation - while this arrangement of planes is quite conventional it never ceases to impress.
Art Faul - B-17 above Omaha Beach and English Channel - effective composite to be sure. The identification of the location is info that in this case helps convey a story.
Yoram Gelman - while the photograph may be about buildings the thing that makes it is the little story going on between the two men and the woman with her shopping bags.
Emily Ferguson - Snowy Egress - I think many of us on the US east coast are quite relieved that the Winter is finally over. Good bye snow and ice! … if only for a while.
John Palcewski - Distance - good, clean photograph conveying what the title mentions. A classic composition well seen and photographed in my opinion.
Randy Little - Valley Forge, PA. - I think this is a difficult thing to do ... that is. to convey and evoke a sense of the place and the history connected with it through a landscape photograph. Probably done as well as it can be done here though. The clouds and location of the Sun help with the feelings associated with the place.
Chris Strevens - the motor - is the motor.
Andy
