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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 12 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
Thank you for the comment. |
Jan 22nd |
| 12 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Nancy,
Just cruising through photos of groups other than the one I am a part of and was instantly attracted to your photo. The bio on the photo is beautifully done and the picture is without a doubt stunning, in my mind. If this was the only photo you had of your mother, I would suggest it is all you really need. It says so much and I am sure it conjures up memories of her life every time you look at it. Are there other ways you could have set this photo up, of course, probably dozens, but who cares. This is very special, and I hope you have it displayed someplace special for you and your loved ones to contemplate every day. |
Jan 21st |
1 comment - 1 reply for Group 12
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| 83 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Thanks Don, I'll give it a try. |
Jan 23rd |
| 83 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
Lance your reply certainly demonstrate your level of professionalism. Thank you, I'm learning. |
Jan 22nd |
| 83 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
Adi,
Love the levity (Rule of 7ths). |
Jan 22nd |
| 83 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Lance,
I frequently feel that I have to apologize when responding to your photos, and those of others on occasion, because sometimes I don't get it. While I think I know what I like in a photo, I don't think of myself as a particularly creative person, especially when it comes to the words I need to explain my thoughts or feelings about a photo. So please if I step on toes. Your photo this month is an example of what I am talking about. I have such respect for your knowledge and experience, it pains me to say what I feel and think about this photo.
My first impression when I looked at this image was to harkened back to the book "Being and Nothingness" if I were to title it. It is not meant to disparage you or the photo, but to describe my impression as I was viewing it for the first time, please let me explain. I like the trunk and the branches, but the rest of the photo does nothing for me. For the most part I love B & W photography, but like most things, it has its limitation. To me, with my little creativity brain, aside from the tree's branching, I don't get the gestalt. The leaves seem nothing more than a mass poorly defined black and white that only acts to obscures the intricacy of the tree's branching (which might be quite interesting), and the path to the right of the photo, which does draw my eye to it, seems to walk into nowhere. I have a strong tendency to appreciate Adi's cropped version, because it focuses more on the central nature of the tree (its branching) than the original
I certainly do appreciate the attempt, but it missed me which is most certainly on me not you. |
Jan 22nd |
| 83 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
Michael,
Thank you for the thoughtful responses and insights. |
Jan 22nd |
| 83 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Don,
Interesting photo. While I've never lived in Chicago, I've been to this area many times, and love walking Navy Pier almost any time of year.
As busy as NP can be, I like that you captured this view focusing mainly on the symmetry and contrast between the various components of the scene. I have a tendency to focus on the whole when I view a photo and, for me, this photo works because of how the variety of shapes seem to focus my attention on the Ferris wheel.
I do like Lance's adjustment, because it seems to add to the wholeness of the photo by lightening the ceiling and walls a bit. Overall, I like your vision. |
Jan 21st |
| 83 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Michael,
Congratulations on your ability to create enough cognitive dissonance to spur conversation on photographic post processing techniques. Wish you were a politician, we might begin to talk about the important things in the country instead of dictates or comments that fail to address the needs about which we are all victims of. Oh well, on to your picture.
It is a nicely simple picture of a spot in the natural environment that most people wander past without much attention. The real value of pictures such as your is that they document nature's very simple beauty. It is interesting to compare your photo with the version Adi created. I am more attracted to your's because of the clarity of the forms in the picture. For example, the branch on the left seems to get lost in Adi's version, but in your's it is visually clearly defined, but then again it may just be my monitor. I don't necessarily think that the bottom of your photo is distracting since I barely noticed it, my eye seemed fixed on the bracts in the middle. The clear contrast between those bracts in the center of the photo and the out of focus watery background really makes the photo pop. Nice capture, and thanks for storing the pot. Between you and Lance, you have moved this sometimes lazy mind to consider other aspects of my own photography. |
Jan 21st |
| 83 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
Lance, I had read the article before I posted, I simply don't agree with your position. I can think of any number of art forms throughout the ages where the artist, like some chefs who would never think of disclosing the 'secret' ingredient or techniques they used in their creation. I get your point about creating a bio in the modern age when your photos are displayed next to another's with similar images, but I see that as a courtesy more than anything else. I am undoubtedly less of a purist than yourself when it comes to photographic art. |
Jan 21st |
| 83 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
Lance,
It is hard not to respect your work as a photographic artis,t so I was a bit shocked to read that you "do not like it one bit" that a photographic artist might use whatever techniques are available to him/her when developing their art. I would understand if what you are talking about was a photojournalist or some other photographic documentarian, but objecting to a photographer who is attempting to stretch his or her artistic wings kind of surprised me.
When you think of it, a photographers choice to use a specific film or the paper to have it printed on, or whether to dodge or burn is clearly a form of artistic expression. How do I make my end product represent my vision. I understand, when you mentioned that a digital photographer displaying his work alongside of a film photographers work should include a bio where the artists explains his/her process in achieving the end product, but I assume you would include a bio from both types of artist not just the digital photographer, correct? |
Jan 20th |
| 83 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Great picture Margaret. I love the clarity against its natural environment. As I said in a response I posted to Michael's comment, the use of both photos would be a great demonstration for elementary school classrooms to first allow the children to see such a beautiful lizard, and then show them how camouflaged the lizard can become against the trees they live with.
Nice capture. |
Jan 17th |
| 83 |
Jan 24 |
Reply |
Michael,
I like your version, but not as much as Margaret's. Her's seems to give a better impression of the lizards ability to blend into to its background environment. The use of both photos would be a great demonstration for elementary school classrooms to first allow the children to see such a beautiful lizard, and then show them how camouflaged the lizard can become against the trees they live with. |
Jan 17th |
| 83 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Adi,
Interesting photo. It took me a while to "get" that the reflected images in the middle are reflections (Sometimes I am way to slow). I found it very interesting once I figured out what I was actually looking at. It looks like I am viewing these reflections through the eyes of someone on hallucinogenics since the reflections are somewhat distorted. I particularly like the buildings on the right and left they seem to add real life to the photo, because they are more recognizable. The smaller windows to the right and left of the central columns do a nice job of framing that part of the photo.
Very interesting and nicely done. Thanks for posting! |
Jan 17th |
| 83 |
Jan 24 |
Comment |
Thank you Lance, I appreciate your comment. |
Jan 16th |
7 comments - 6 replies for Group 83
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8 comments - 7 replies Total
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