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Max Chen,

I think that your comment is one of the most chilling that I have ever read.  Certainly, show pictures of war with bloodied bodies and street gangs with their violence and all the other catastrophic events that make up our lives; indeed, the showing might bring light to bear and help to alleviate the problems.  In fact, it might spur us to make moral judgements.  Moral judgements should ALWAYS be part of our thinking.

 

What you do not do is engineer the rape or fabricate the murder (or give a live mouse to a cat) just to be in a position to photograph it and then claim that it is art.

 

I am so pleased that I do not know you.

Hi,

 

this is as I remember classical portraiture from the days when studio lighting was dramatic with tungsten lamps, not the electronic stuff we have now. It was often used to portray the foremost film, theatre and prominent people of the day. Karsh of Ottowa's portrait of Winston Churchill springs to mind.

 

Very refreshing and I am delighted to have seen it. Many thanks, Roy

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. The water looks exactly as it should to the naked eye. None of this long exposure rubbish that makes it look "like silk" or "dreamlike". It is water, just water, and you have captured it perfectly. Add to that your composition and it can't get better; I feel as though I am there. Many thanks, Roy

Strong, but over heavy use of the free transform tool as shown by the lenghth of her left leg and the size of her left hand. Please rebuke me if I am wrong but that is how it appears to me. I certainly enjoy your images. Best regards, Roy

It seems to me that your humour is, perhaps, masking a nasty incident that happened to you on this beach. What went on? I am very pleased that you appear to be unscathed.

 

Be careful, there are lots of idiots about and no picture is worth putting yourself at risk for.

The dynamics, the composition,the subject focus and the emotion are exactly right. I would rate this among the top one photographs that I have ever seen. Majestic!!

 

Roy

I honestly, honestly do not know how I feel about this picture. It has me confused emotionally. If it were a Vincent van Gogh painting, which it so closely resembles, it would be worth many millions - and deservedly so.

 

As it is, you have seen and captured what van Gogh might have imagined and captured so, to my mind, it has equal value. However, it is based on digital manipulation of an electronic process and, in my heart of hearts, I am not happy with things that stray too far away from the taken image.

 

All that said, I would happily hang this on my wall and look at it with pleasure. I thank you for the experience.

 

In confusion, Roy

It beggars belief that anyone could critique this picture and miss its awful social implications and desperation. It has hit me hard, just as you intended; well done.

Mirko,

 

I am surprised that no-one has entered a reaction to this most powerful of emotive images. You have caught exactly the mood and grimness of this awful concentration camp and the impending fate of the train passengers.

 

You have clearly worked and thought hard about how best to portray it and you have succeeded wonderfully.

 

It certainly made me think; many thanks, Roy

Wonderful; the curves lead one's eye into and around the photograph so easily and so well. I have spent five minutes looking at it and feel that I could spend another half hour doing so.

 

The tones and colours are so subtle that they produce an image in their own right.

 

Many thanks, Roy

Larisa,

 

I don't know how you did it, but did it you did! I feel very privileged to have seen it. This standard makes it difficult for we rabbits to put anything forward for we realise that we are looking at masters. Keep your talent going.