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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 79 |
Oct 19 |
Reply |
Hi Marie, Thank you for the reply. We agree on more points than we differ. I missed the Buddhist prayer beads. I also think that standing together requires helping each other which is sometimes missing in the polarization of America. In the military we had each other's back. We need to do that more in civilian life.
Once again, very good photography! Karl |
Oct 24th |
| 79 |
Oct 19 |
Comment |
Hi Marie, Happy Birthday and many more to come. Your post processing work is excellent. You have done a great job going from concept to final image.
With part of my background being in photojournalism where I photographed dozens of major rallies, marches, demonstrations, I take a more neutral point of view. I try to avoid jingoistic, nationalistic, or religious propaganda imagery. From my standpoint "United We Stand" is anything but 'united'. The beads might represent a rosary although they don't look like any prayer beads in my experience. The prayer style is Christian which negates many other religions or no religion like myself. So I was put off and alienated by "United We Stand". On the other hand the three Solidarity images did resonate with me. I particularly liked #8 which gave me a better feeling of unity in diversity. We could skip the American flag in them and make the images more universal. We don't need the jingoism. As a Vietnam veteran (US Army Captain) I want no thanks and damn recent US involvement in other countries. I don't feel thanks for our military but I feel sorry for what they are ordered to do and what they suffer. But enough of the soapbox. Your photography and processing are admirable. Karl |
Oct 24th |
| 79 |
Oct 19 |
Comment |
Hi Valerie, I liked the image for the feeling and composition. It is nature in motion. Great composition and flow with water and gull moving left to right. I agree with others about the vertical light/dark demarcations. Nice tonality. The light vignetting helps. Karl |
Oct 24th |
| 79 |
Oct 19 |
Comment |
Hi Judith, Using the camera to make the shoes appear on an incline takes it out of the ordinary. I first thought they were on a sloped roof! That brought about the questions "How did they get there?" and "What happened to the person?" I got a lot more feeling from the original street light than from the processed image which was more like a catalog image. The story that is prompted by a nice pair of shoes on the pavement is intriguing. The original would make an interesting mystery book cover.
Karl |
Oct 24th |
| 79 |
Oct 19 |
Comment |
Hi Sandra, Images like this are a remedy for the demand for sharpness in much of today's photography. It's the same reason Impressionism developed in the art world as an alternative to the 'accuracy' of photography. Your initial attempt feels like spring in color and movement. But it is devoid of a place to attract my eye. I would use it as a background in a composite. I hope you will follow up with more motion and zooming. Make multiple exposures with parts blurred and parts clearer. It's fun and no two are alike.
Karl |
Oct 24th |
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