Re: Imagination is up Thanks, Jim. Well, I better do the right thing, given all the talk
about killing it off, so here's a quick go at reviewing..
Mark Thomas
Modesty doesn't permit... Although I'm tempted to point out that the
lame, overdone PS soft focus effect does *not* fully hide the obvious
camera movement (and the photographer will likely pretend it was all
part of the intended mood..Huh!!!)
Al Denelsbeck
That's cool! I like the effect and it meets the mandate if you have a
morbid mind.. The incongruent arrangement, where your brain has to
twist the pieces around to match, adds to the odd look. Perhaps black
and white? Perhaps late afternoon or early morning light, perhaps some
eerie mist (I don't want much.. - you don't carry a portable mist
machine?) Perhaps more selective focus, either on the foreground
scenery to throw the headstone a bit more oof, or vice versa - it seems
stuck in a focus limbo. But I like it. Would have cropped/kicked that
annoying rock, however.
Ken Nadvornick
Haha! A bit snapshot-ish, but he's (I'm assuming it's a he?) cute, and
it does take imagination to work out what he is going to do with a
saucepan, resealable bags, a paper bag, a plastic lid, a small box of
something, and very possibly the doormat.. I'll bet his future career
involves some combination of the aforementioned.
Jim Kramer
The winner for me, i think. Very nice catch, almost perfect depth of
field (hair, eyes, then the little finger and twist to the mouth all in
tight focus) and very good exposure, although the bright hair/forehead
is maybe just a little distracting. Great expression, great portrait!
Mardon Ebland
Don't apologise - I think it is very competently taken, and it does
tell a story, or at least invites you to make one up.. I'm in two
minds about your choice of focus point - maybe on the spilt milk and
foreground might have been better - but then the more distant focus
draws attention to the missing person..? You have an interesting range
of sustenance there - tea, cupcake, bagel, peanut paste/butter or
whatever you guys call it, and what looks like cottage cheese/cheese
dip? Hmm, remind me to think twice about a morning tea invitation...
It looks a bit like one of those observation tests, where you get to
look at it for a minute, then have to answer a whole pile of questions.
Bob Flint
Again, competently taken, although the bright spot is a bit offputting
- maybe using (and including) an old fashioned magnifying lamp or
similar would have been more effective. And sadly, it doesn't really
extend my imagination much... I'm guessing something electronic???
(Am I good or what!) Toroidal transformers, aren't they for low-noise
signal processing use, eg hi-fi-amp or something? l'm sorry, my
soldering days died back when IC's were just appearing.. Good context,
even the duck tape on the desk adds to the 'home workshop' appeal..
But it's just a bit too obvious for me. Anyway, what do you think of
the Sony?
Rich Pos
Like Bob, a very competent image, but not really much of a story that I
can develop - call me unimaginative! (Not that any of us managed much
of one..) There is a certain interesting oddness about the image
though, the smoothness, slightly cartoony colours, the lack of heads or
eyes or context - is it at home, a resort, ..? Maybe the dog is
staring at a dead body in the pool? Oh, well, I'm trying to come up
with a story.... Maybe if i lived in a cold climate I could imagine it
as something highly desirable, but I live in the almost-tropics, so it
is a bit commonplace for me (snob that i am!). Perhaps an appropriate
newspaper clipping on the chair-arm, or a strange looking drink/object,
might have helped to meet the mandate.
As usual, all views contained in this email are those of my dog, I
accept no responsibility, intended no insults, no correspondence will
be entered into, and this tape will self destruct in....
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