blowingsky

This enduring life. Nice shot.

I almost never comment on floral shots, because they all look good to me, but too often lack anything under the surface. Classical nudes seem like that to me too. However you managed to bring forth a quality of grace and dignity in this shot that somehow connects with human emotions. The exposure is perfect and I especially like the dark green leaves suggested in the background. Thank you.

I think this image creates an effective mood. The black clothing is nicely exposed so that the folds in the hat crown, hat brim, cloak collar and shoulders lend feeling to the man passing through the grey tones of a year that has become very late.

very nice. strong, commanding lines trapping human forms. We assume that there is a way out up ahead, but is there?

Why do you think something has to be done about it? Why do you feel you need help? I think it is a great shot just the way it is. I first see the woman in the window, then my eye lowers and is guided by the strong dark diagonal to the head of the onlooker. It's a nice moment in which I can see the whole scene and also feel the viewpoint of the person at the bottom. Exposure is good too.

Really commands the eye in a way most associated with photojournalism. Good placement of the center of focus. The exposure is right on.

nah.

 

besides, I thought the "white blob" was a ghost of moon.

Wilde photo. I like the asymmetrical segmentation.

Nice evocative image but the photoshopping works against the naturalness of the autumn and so it works against the overall effect, for me. But I have a bias against scenics that are heavily manipulated, so it is safe to ignore me.

 

It is such a great image on its own, at least in composition, couldn't it have survived with less manipulation? I know your choices were personal and it is a great shot nonetheless...I just would have preferred seeing the child as he was when the shutter was tripped.

Not all moments are equal. Most are forgettable and indeed we do. Some are memorable, some are unforgettable and some, well, some are transcendent.

Tim,

 

No. Nobody does it. Nobody CAN do it. This is where the expanded horizons comes in, despite Lennon's "nothing you can do that can't be done." Once long ago when my lab cut his foot, I took my cat duck hunting from a boat. In late October. In upstate NY. You should have seen the look on his face when I told him to retrieve a duck that went down about 20 yards away in the water. Ok, that didn't really happen. I'm just jealous that 1. you have such beautiful dogs and 2. you seem to get a lot of time with them and 3. They don't always have to be on leashes. I, on the other hand, have a long haired cat that is smarter than I am. She even makes me clean her litter and somehow has it firmly established that "that's the way it works around here."

nice effect. Had Man Ray taken this exact image in the 40's, it would be in a permanent museum collection now.

Two yellows diverge on a wood path, and sorry I could not follow both?

 

Although this is immediately seen as a lively and engaging shot that would uplift any spirit, what's really remarkable about it is how much information is converged so harmoniously within the frame. The whole business of the city, the reflected-in-nature city, the lake/river and the exuberance of the dogs off the leash. Very well done.

 

Tim, now try expanding your horizons by taking cats for a walk.

Jack, once again you focused on exactly what the appeal was for me. Maybe I'm just an open book, but thanks for taking me out of the library now and again.

Comments appreciated far more than numbers.

Ed, the photo as I see it on my screen is too given to the middle values. There is no true black or white here, that I can see. Higher contrast post processing or waiting for it in the real world would make this image more compelling. Also the scrub in the foreground works against the drama implied in the cliff lines.

Comments appreciated.

Comments appreciated.

Ok, so I surveyed this image on 20 people over the last two days. The people surveyed are people I personally know to be interested in photography as an art form (well, "art" here meaning that it looks good in a frame on a wall, these are not gallery owners or museum patrons...but they are beyond the point and shoot crowd).

 

None of them initially noticed the imperfections of photoshop noted above. 80% thought the image striking (or a word to that effect). 60% would hang the image. 20% didn't care for that style.

 

While by no means a large enough sample, the survey does suggest that the PN reactions to the imperfections in the image are amplified and that outside of a critical environment, the image is experienced more holistically (god, I hate that word) and favorably. Who is a photograph for, anyway?

 

On the other hand, god or the devil is in the details and if you get it right at that level and it is already a good image, you have made it better. That's a professionals viewpoint.

Just amazing. Also the decision to go B & W with this is a wise one as it emphasizes the eyes and the circular nature of the mirror and the scene itself.

Your portfolio abundantly shows the worth of the art of photography. But this photograph envelopes me in pure envy. Damn!

Your frame is well seen. Those feeling a crop is needed would perhaps also want to crop down a Japanese nature tapestry to one snow-laden tree and one trekking monk.

 

Cutting to the action is something us Americans loosed upon the world, but it isn't always appropriate. Sometimes you have to communicate in terms of expanded time and space because you hope to engage the viewer in a continuum that is not the one they stepped up to the photograph with.

 

Simply, a critical part of your photograph's impact is in its ratio of nature to man-made to man.

Love it. Has a late 1800's feel to it but the composition is all modern.

So this is how nature interfaces with man-made! I always wondered if it were possible to picture. It is. Thanks.

Thanks Jack. Actually, the drivers of these cars were large veins-on-the-outside white larva. I seemed to be the only one to notice or care. I took a few photos of them at street level, but just their humanoid "apparent forms" show up on film. I think I've been here too long. Way too long.