dennis_keizer

Btilliant as always.

After eight months I think I will rate a photo. :) I'm still here old friend....lurking. Congrats on a beautiful still life! I love this one.

I think the idea here is "art". Are you getting it yet? Great photo Maurice. And Congratulations on POW.

Sev,

Thanks for capturing this. It reflects the somber mood of all the people of the civilized word on this, the day after.

This one is a beauty! I agree with Michael. Exposure is good and and composition is great.

A familiar site for me Dave. Very well done.

Very nice.

Very nice composition!

I like this one Dave. I agree the lack of human presence works well here.

Great shot!

Congratulations on POW Amy. I must agree with Tim though, the head back pose would have been my choice. So many good ones to choose from!

Congratulations on POW Doug. With a toy camera too. Excellent work. Can't wait to hear from the technodweebs on this one.

I agree with Brian. It is beautiful, it is original, but it is not a photograph. I do like it. I'm just undecided as to wheather or not it belongs on "photo.net". Perhaps if this site was called www.photoSHOP.net........

You guys are "killing" me!

Another one. If this keeps up the whole roll is going to be on this page.

for Christie

It used to be so peacefull up here......hey, that's live ammo!

Wow, I'm seeing tripple. And the horizon is straight! Don't get too close Ibi. And use your turn signals. :)

Thank you for taking the time to comment on my photo. Your thoughts are greatly appreciated. I agree with a lot of your comments btw. The technical merits of this photo were not something I was all that proud of as a photographer. In fact, if you read my previous comments you already know that I really never intended to post it. However, after joining photo.net I have realized that "art" consists of much more then proper exposure, accurate focus, and a strong subject. In the past I have spent way too much time worrying about such things. Seeing it again after ten years of sitting in storage, reminds me that it was one of the most FUN times I ever had taking a picture. And I think that's what photography is all about. Thanks again for your comments!

Regards,

Dennis Keizer

Good composition and a strong subject make this a powerful photo.

I like this one but I think it needed 1/2 stop more exposure.

lol Seven, you dare me? Ok here it is; the "Braille Version"

Original or not, This is a great photo. Congratulations.

Ok I'll take the bait this time. First let me say thank you for taking the time to post your comments. They are greatly appreciated. That goes for all of you. Second let me address the lack of sharpness. In retrospect I think the shutter speed might have been a little slow for all that motion. I wanted the smallest apeture possible for the DOF on the rope. Focus was infinity. This was scanned from an eleven year old 4x6 print just for the purpose of archiving it. I never had any intention of posting it so unlike most of the other photos in my portfolio, this roll was scanned as a low quality jpeg. I just got bored one night after seeing so many "abstracts" with no "clear subject" posted here, getting favorable responses. It seems like anything "wierd" is well received on this site. So, I uploaded it. If you have read all the previous comments then you know it was not "Photoshopped". Personally I don't like to spend any time in Photoshop because I would rather be out shooting. If I have to work on it in Photoshop then it probabally isn't a very good photo to begin with. Adding the rope later would not have been "capturing the moment". As far as parasailing goes, if you haven't been parasailing in Mexico, then you have never been parasailing. Parasailing in the US is not the same, believe me. When you land they don't "snatch the rope". You have to pull strings, one in each hand, that work shrouds to guide yourself down to the dock. I have another friend who went parasailing in Mexico and the boat turned too sharp and the line went slack. It was severed by the prop and he was cut loose. The wind blew him past the beach, over the houses and he landed on a roof top. He was injured but not too severely. The chutes have round holes in them and they are not designed to freefall so he came down rather fast. When the guys from the boat came to find him they were only interested in getting their parachute back which was tangled up in the telephone lines. The Nikonos belonged to a friend of mine and it really was not a "risk". I did have a strap around my neck for the camera. As far as a disposable camera, this shot was taken in 1990 and considering the lack of availability and quality of disposable cameras back then, along with the fact that I had two "real" cameras to choose from I opted for the Nikonos because it was water proof. This shot would have been crisper had I used my Minolta, but I would have rendered it useless after being dunked like a tea bag in salt water. I have since found the negative and as mentioned before I will try to have it scanned as soon as possible. The neg looks sharp through my loop but we shall see. Thanks again Dennis and all the rest for your comments! And a special thanks to the elves for choosing this photo. And also a special thanks to my good friend Tom McCoy for scanning all this stuff. I'm done rambling for the moment.

This photo breaks the rule of having a strong subject. And It's a great photo. There is always exceptions to the rules! Great work.