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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 34 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Thank you. I never think of using a brush at reduced opacity to manipulate images. I'm going to give it a try. |
May 16th |
| 34 |
May 21 |
Reply |
This was really just an "artist study." I wasn't concerned about the writing on the egg carton or about shadows. I just wanted to have ballerinas coming out of egg shells. I apologize for not mentioning that in the beginning of my "About the Image." I'm happy you enjoy my work. |
May 14th |
| 34 |
May 21 |
Reply |
The shadows work well but this was really just an "artist study." I wasn't concerned about the writing on the egg carton or about shadows. I just wanted to have ballerinas coming out of egg shells. I apologize for not mentioning that in the beginning of my "About the Image." |
May 14th |
| 34 |
May 21 |
Comment |
This should be the first in your series of light paintings! All of you experimenting paid off well. Do the lights come in different colors? The possibilities are endless! Don't stop now. |
May 14th |
| 34 |
May 21 |
Comment |
I like what to did to the houses. Could you tell us how you "added some age to them"? The tire in the tree is a nice touch as is the bus. Is the bus treated the in the same way as the houses? Ya gotta love whimsy! |
May 14th |
| 34 |
May 21 |
Comment |
I agree with most of what is said above especially Jan's suggestion to have only one cat. I think the falling snow adds a lot. |
May 14th |
| 34 |
May 21 |
Comment |
You have turned a delicate flower into the playground bully. That's a compliment. There's so much strength in your conversion. I only wish you had added a few details as to what you actually did rather than just listing the plug-ins. It reminds me of Wiley's Non Sequitur comic (below). |
May 14th |
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| 34 |
May 21 |
Comment |
My hat is off to a matchless boat builder! I like the placement of your boat in the water. It struggles against the waves. You have a lot of suggestions here, and I agree most with Fran's to add rocks to the adventure. I also feel a little motion blur on the boat would help as the waves are quite strong. |
May 14th |
5 comments - 3 replies for Group 34
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| 54 |
May 21 |
Reply |
I like your interpretation of the queen on an unstable throne. As a chess player, I put the queen there because she is the most powerful piece on the board, unstable chair or no. Yes, I do want to present images unbounded by realism, as in the nightmare in October 2020's image, but not to entertain. Art is perhaps the only escape we have today from entertainment. We are engulfed by television, streaming, podcasts, SiriusXM, and social media. I often point out to friends that we are becoming the Eloi in H. G. Wells "The Time Machine." The (unconscious) dream of surrealism incorporates disequilibrium to disrupt the complacency that is part of human nature. Thank you for your interest and observations. They are a refreshing change from "it's interesting. I like it. |
May 17th |
| 54 |
May 21 |
Reply |
You're absolutely right. This is an homage to Magritte. His "room" at the old Museum of Modern Art in NYC was my favorite space in the whole museum. Magritte lost his "room" when MOMA was remodeled. Many of my composites in this group and in Group 34 are my attempts to create a surrealistic image. I've been a fan of surrealism since my parents introduced me to art when I was young. |
May 17th |
| 54 |
May 21 |
Reply |
You have a good description of surrealism: "the images asks more questions than it answers." Thanks. |
May 17th |
| 54 |
May 21 |
Reply |
I aim for my composites to be surrealistic (dream-like enhanced by disequilibrium). I was hoping that the fact that the canvas is an exact painting of the portion of the sky it covers might add a bit of disequilibrium and that an over-sized chess piece might be dream-like. Perhaps the best known surrealistic painting is Dali's "Persistence of Memory." "Persistence" has no discernable story and several facets of disequilibrium. I aspire to create such dreams. |
May 14th |
| 54 |
May 21 |
Comment |
The best part of this image is that it looks like you sketched it! This "sketch" is a much better image than a straight photograph. You have used the tools available to us to perfection. A few shadows might give the gorillas more weight. Great job! |
May 14th |
| 54 |
May 21 |
Comment |
I like the lips in the sky. It reminds me of a Beatles song. I've been trying to fit a British phone booth into an image for the longest time. You have placed yours perfectly. It balances the lips and created an invisible diagonal to them. Nice work. |
May 14th |
| 54 |
May 21 |
Comment |
This is a truly imaginative image, but I must express a pet peeve here. The purpose of these study groups according to the PSA study group guidelines, is to broaden our photographic horizons using the feedback from other group members. Using the images from Mischief Circus, as adorable as they are, is straying from the intent to use photography. This does not diminish my enjoyment of your work, but I'd rather see any member's photographic work than a preponderance of imported images from the internet. I hope I haven't been too blunt. |
May 14th |
| 54 |
May 21 |
Comment |
I agree with Marilyn and Peggy. First, it's hard to believe this is a composite, and second, the color rendition helps separate the man and his camel from the background. It doesn't matter if this is Morocco, Egypt, or India, the setting is rendered very well. Nice job. |
May 14th |
| 54 |
May 21 |
Comment |
Coaxing a fish out of this air. This is certainly an idea worth pursuing more because I'm not convinced that this is happening here. It looks like the fish is coming out of water. If you were coaxing the fish out of water, it might be easier to accomplish. Turn the hands more toward the fish and have the part of the fish in the water be blurry and the emerging part of the fish dry and sharp. Very imaginative. |
May 14th |
| 54 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Thank you for your observations. However, there ARE shadows under the chair and the easel. They are not pronounced, but there are clear even on my iPad. |
May 13th |
| 54 |
May 21 |
Reply |
Thank you for your feedback. Aren't the painting on the easel and the giant chess piece small surprises? In addition, I think we're all due some serenity after the past couple of years. |
May 12th |
| 54 |
May 21 |
Reply |
There's no story here. This (hopefully) is surrealism. In October 2020 I outlined my take on surrealism to you and to Kathy. I refer you back to those comments. Perhaps the best known surrealistic painting is Dali's "Persistence of Memory." I aspire to that image of a dream. As an aside, there ARE shadows in my image. They're light because I didn't want them to dominate. |
May 12th |
5 comments - 7 replies for Group 54
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10 comments - 10 replies Total
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