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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 21 |
Nov 18 |
Reply |
Peter, I much prefer this version with the tongue vice wattle which creates the illusion that the bird is talking to the viewer. |
Nov 27th |
| 21 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
Peter, I love the way that you watched the TV episode and made it your own in the visual evolution from the original bird to your constructed flight of fancy. It is interesting that you let the bird tell you what to do in the sense of letting the image grow organically through its own evolution. I agree with Mark that the colours you have achieved in the head-dress are fantastic and really draw the viewer in. It is almost like looking at a bird-of-paradise. I am not so sure about the red/blue wattle which for me is a little distracting when compared with the rest of the image. Having said that, I decided to play around with the image to remove this distraction and one thing led to another and to another … The result is below ... |
Nov 26th |
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| 21 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
Susan, I had another play with your image and offer the following for your enjoyment. |
Nov 26th |
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| 21 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
Susan, You have done very well to see the potential of the disparate parts and to assemble them into a meaningful whole. Your initial perception of the ceiling decoration as a celestial body is perfect and your addition of the atmospheric clouds and stars completes the overall visual story. I like images that work as well when flipped horizontally/vertically and/or rotated in 90 degree increments. This is one of those images and my favourite orientation is attached below. I have also included a one pixel stroked white line (10% opacity, inside) to clearly define the limits of the image and to stop any bleed-over into the black surrounding background. |
Nov 26th |
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| 21 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
John, Sorry to hear that your wife has been poorly. I hope she is now on the road to recovery. This is a creative image visually spoken from the heart. Images and potential visual stories are all around us. All we need is the catalyst to let us know they are there. Passing this monument on a daily basis obviously had a resonance for you which has resulted in an expression of your feelings at the time. I think your panel works well and there any many elements within it (eg flags and names on the black granite) that draw the viewer in. I tried juxtaposing the images and playing around with overlaps and for me that worked better. I also removed the lens flare at the base of the flagpole on the right. |
Nov 25th |
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| 21 |
Nov 18 |
Reply |
Peter, I am so sorry to learn that you lost your wife last December. It must be comforting for you that you are able to use photography as a therapy to try to come to terms with what has happened. Many years ago I thought about doing a PhD in photography and my subject was going to be 'How can photography be used to ease the burden of medical suffering?' After much soul searching I decided not to pursue this line of academic study and put it on a back-burner perhaps to be revisited at a later date. Most recently of course, a collaborative project with Richard (my friend for 30 years, a Consultant Cancer Surgeon, diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in December 2017) and myself (diagnosed with Lipo Sarcoma in August 2015) has allowed us to fuse his passion for writing poetry and my passion for photography in the publication of our book 'Two Become One'. This has been therapeutic for both us in that we are 'Painting with Word and Light'. |
Nov 25th |
| 21 |
Nov 18 |
Reply |
Peter, Foolishly I was looking for an outline of the leopard on the leaves but I should have been looking for the outline of a leaf on the leaves which I can now spot very clearly. Your removal of the outline on the large central leaf in the foreground works well but now I can see a smaller outline on the bottom of that same leaf and another on the leaf to the left as you look at the image. It never rains but it pours ... |
Nov 25th |
| 21 |
Nov 18 |
Reply |
Peter, Thanks for your comments. Perhaps the image might have worked better if the plastic wrap filter had not produced such a hard background? |
Nov 23rd |
| 21 |
Nov 18 |
Comment |
Joan, The visual story you have created has immediate appeal and we warm to the illusion that the young leopard is hiding among the cactus spikes out of the way of marauders. It works compositionally with your placement of the leopard off-centre to enhance the overall visual dynamic. I agree with Peter that the animal is a little soft and his sharpening attention to the eyes has worked in the image's favour. I'm not sure whether it is my computer but I cannot see the outline on the leaves covering the leopard. However, I can see the trace of another leaf on the central large leaf. I find slightly distracting the lighter area bottom left and the black triangle top right. Attached for info is a square format where these areas have been cropped out. A good friend and photographic colleague gave me some advice many years ago; "Frame the scene in the viewfinder, then go closer, then go closer again and if you haven't lost any of the visual story then you've done the right thing". It seems to me that this is apposite here. |
Nov 23rd |
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5 comments - 4 replies for Group 21
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5 comments - 4 replies Total
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