Activity for User 480 - Alan Kaplan - akaplan973@gmail.com

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54 May 18 Reply I'm glad you were able to take the time to provide feedback. I agree with you about Stephen's comments. As a retired high school English teacher, I always welcome the opportunity to include Shakespeare in any discussion. May 21st
54 May 18 Reply Thank you for taking the time to respond. I'm glad you found the image interesting. Perhaps Lady Macbeth and Macbeth would be more appropriate prior to the death of Duncan. But Macbeth wasn't a Moor. May 16th
54 May 18 Comment I keep getting drawn back to this image. It's at the same time haunting and distracting. First of all, I don't agree about the color reflection in the water. I would increase the haunting effect by getting rid of the reflection in the water. Second, the time lapsed shot of the stars draws the viewer's eye (at least, this viewer) away from the apparition of the bird and the mysterious ocean. Would it work better if the bird were more transparent? Dark sky, dark ocean, dark beach, and a white bird is just plain old spooky! May 11th
54 May 18 Comment I don't know what method you used to make the window transparent, but (1) it was a lot of work and (2) the results are magical. It's the kind of adventure Alice would like to have taken. May 11th
54 May 18 Reply Thank you for your feedback. My camera club rewards sharpness. So as my hand becomes less steady, I rely more and more on Photoshop's and their plug-in's support. I use Topaz Adjust among other Topaz products. May 10th
54 May 18 Reply Thank you for your feedback. As you may have guessed, the June image is incubating as we speak/write. May 7th
54 May 18 Comment I agree with Brad except for the anthropomorphism. You have brought the noodles to life without faces, hats, or other additions that detract from the original creativity. I did add one little noodle escapee to your image to piggy-back on your idea. I feel it adds life without being anthropomorphic. May 7th
54 May 18 Reply Thank you for your suggestion, but I feel seeing more of Othello and Desdemona, along with the orange, adds to the unspoken passion. Also, and maybe this is a man's perspective, the strap, which hints Desdemona's possession of a pocketbook, adds to her femininity. May 4th
54 May 18 Comment You are very skilled with a variety of software, and I would like to see you get away from manipulating colors as you have in the past several months and revisit your January 2018 entry. The figure, mood, and composition are well worth building on. May 3rd
54 May 18 Comment Your granddaughter standing on the edge of the water is a haunting figure, especially in black and white. The mouth of the model below your granddaughter, for me, leads the viewer's eye away from an emotional image. I took the liberty of raising the model, but I feel that the whole face of the model in the water would add to the haunting nature of the composite. I moved the model too far to the left because of the black diagonal line on the right, but I wanted to see what the composite would look like if the face of the mmodel were raised. Potentially spookier. May 3rd
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