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

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54 Jan 24 Reply That's another vote for the original wood color. Thank you. That's why we joined this group, to get valued feedback. Jan 22nd
54 Jan 24 Reply I thought the title suggests that these figures are human. Jan 14th
54 Jan 24 Reply Thank you for your comments. I like the woman in red, also. I use her often when I "doodle." I'll get back to "less is more" in February. It's hard to mesh chaos with "less is more." Jan 12th
54 Jan 24 Reply You gave yourself a challenging assignment. There's probably more digging into anyone's past that immediately meets the eye. My younger son loves to dig into our family history on Ancestry.com. He found recently that my wife has a half-brother she never knew about. Ancestry.com has the ability to reveal family secrets. There must be the beginnings of a composite with that information! Jan 10th
54 Jan 24 Reply I agree with your assessment of the wood. It is a little too "in-your-face." I was able to soften the impact, and it does look better. Thanks for pointing it out. Jan 10th
54 Jan 24 Comment This image is all wet! That's a very positive compliment. Your blending skills are at their best here as your water comes to life. There's a bumper sticker out there that I love: "The best things in life are not things." At the risk of being redundant, the best message is exemplified is this image: "Less is more." (You knew that was coming.) Jan 10th
54 Jan 24 Comment Maria, you have done a wonderful job with the background. The lines, the colors, and the tree work so well together. However, you have resurrected one of my pet peeves: what humans will look like in the future. I always feel sci-fi writers over-react to the changes humans will go through over the years. The people depicted in paintings from the 1400's look just like we look. Humans have not changed in 620 or so years. We haven't evolved to having only on eye on our forehead or having 6 long fingers on each hand. The challenge is to see what changes take place in the humans' surroundings. It took a little less than 50 years to go from the first heavier-than-air flying machine (1903) to jet airplanes (mid 1950's), but people look the same. Today, doors open themselves, people talk to Alexa and she answers (!), and I can start my car 15 meters before I get next to it. I mentioned it was a pet peeve. I hope I haven't gone on too long. Jan 10th
54 Jan 24 Comment If I understand this correctly, this may be too personal an effort to elicit comments from me. Americans might ask, "What's an egg cup?" "Eggs over easy" is an American's idea of eggs. The picture of the boy is probably personal to you, but not to me. I think this is an excellent assignment for a camera club where members can make a presentation to the camera club members of their personal connections to objects and people. I may be missing something, but I don't connect the egg cup to the boy even though the presentation is eye-catching. Jan 10th
54 Jan 24 Comment Aavo, I've seen a lot of your work over the years in which your imagination is ahead of your technical skill. The quality of this very good image is reduced by the 2 birds that you have constructed. Youtube has an infinite number of tutorials as does adobe.com to help anyone hone their photoshop acumen. I enjoy your imaginative images very much, but they need better technical treatment. Jan 10th
54 Jan 24 Comment I agree with Kirsti that the background is beautiful, but I can't help but feel that this same background doesn't fit the title or the "desolate" (Kirsti's word) mood of the chimp. I also feel that the lizard is unnecessary. I took the liberty of editing your image to make it more "desolate" and more in keeping with your title. Jan 10th
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