PF exhibit on 03-10-09

[ADavidhazy-2]

The PhotoForum members' gallery/exhibit space was updated OCT 03, 2009.
Authors
with work now on display at: http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html 
include:


               Emily L. Ferguson - Camo
               Don Roberts - Church Parking Lot 2
               Dan Mitchell - Hands Up
               John Palcewski - Strega
               David Dyer-Bennet - The sunken garden
               Trevor Cunningham - day at the races
               Stephen Ylvisaker - Kingfisher 2009/09/14


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[John Palcewski]

My measly two-cents worth of opinion:

 

Emily L. Ferguson - Camo   I presume camo means camouflage, and indeed the female mallards seem to blend into their surroundings, which in my view tends to diminish the impact of the image overall.  Maybe an increase in contrast would improve it.   BTW, I recently learned an interesting thing— male to male sexual activity is unusually high for mallards, in some cases as high as 19% of all pairs in a population.  

 

Don Roberts - Church Parking Lot 2     The repetition of the wheels and the orange reflectors are somewhat interesting. 
   
Dan Mitchell - Hands Up    This is a good shot.  If it were mine I’d bump up the color saturation, and tweak the contrast ever so slightly to emphasize the surprising pair of hands.

 

David Dyer-Bennet - The sunken garden.  Well, now, this is about the best use of a fish-eye lens that I’ve seen in a long time.  Usually these shots are way too contrived.   This one works extremely well.

 

Trevor Cunningham - day at the races.   This squat vehicle with its toy-like tires doesn’t seem capable of achieving the blinding speed of  more powerful dragsters, so the cloud of exhaust seems almost a parody.   And of course the image doesn’t conform at all to the usual stereotypes of the goings on in Saudi Arabia.

 

Stephen Ylvisaker - Kingfisher 2009/09/14   The bird is the point of interest, and there seems to me to be way too much space surrounding it. 

 

[David Dyer-Bennet]

John Palcewski wrote:
> My measly two-cents worth of opinion:
>  
> David Dyer-Bennet - The sunken garden.  Well, now, this is about the
> best use of a fish-eye lens that I’ve seen in a long time.  Usually
> these shots are way too contrived.   This one works extremely well.
>

Thank you!

I'm not really sure what possessed me to get a full-circle fisheye (back
some years ago); I certainly agree that a lot of the shots with them are
mostly gimmick.  I find that to get anything at all with mine, I have to
construct the composition much more consciously than I usually do, which
makes it very easy to fall into cliche, or stiff formality (despite the
wild swoopiness of the lens itself). But it's fun to play with, and I've
gotten two or three images out of it now that I really like.  It got a
lot more interesting when I went back to a full-frame camera, which I
hadn't expected to do at the time I got the lens.

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[Bob W8IMO]

Is it just me or are some of the photos and captions out of whack?   Things like Dan Mitchell's "Hands" is labeled "Rooftops" ??????

Bob

ADavidhazy wrote:

The PhotoForum members' gallery/exhibit space was updated OCT 03, 2009. Authors
with work now on display at: http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html include:


              Emily L. Ferguson - Camo    
              Don Roberts - Church Parking Lot 2    
              Dan Mitchell - Hands Up    
              John Palcewski - Strega
              David Dyer-Bennet - The sunken garden    
              Trevor Cunningham - day at the races    
              Stephen Ylvisaker - Kingfisher 2009/09/14


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[Trevor Cunningham-2]

Au contraire mon frere, on both counts! Those bikes might be little
(some have more funny-car-esque proportions), but they're loud AND fast.
They cover at least 200 meters in less than five seconds. Also, few
cultures are more prone to bigger dick contests than one finds in the
Middle East. The shocker about this one is that it was legal and
organized with safety personnel on hand and not simply some yahoos in
the street.

John Palcewski wrote:
> Trevor Cunningham - day at the races.  This squat vehicle with its
> toy-like tires doesn't seem capable of achieving the blinding speed
> of  more powerful dragsters, so the cloud of exhaust seems almost a
> parody.  And of course the image doesn't conform at all to the usual
> stereotypes of the goings on in Saudi Arabia.

[John Palcewski]

OK,  sir, I stand corrected regarding the little go-carts.  Now, I've avoided the Middle East all my life because somehow I knew going there would involve a measurement of my apparatus.  Not that there's anything at all WRONG with mine, you understand, it's just that I hate to shame or humiliate people.  You know?

On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Trevor Cunningham <trevor@...> wrote:

Au contraire mon frere, on both counts! Those bikes might be little (some have more funny-car-esque proportions), but they're loud AND fast. They cover at least 200 meters in less than five seconds. Also, few cultures are more prone to bigger dick contests than one finds in the Middle East. The shocker about this one is that it was legal and organized with safety personnel on hand and not simply some yahoos in the street.

John Palcewski wrote:

Trevor Cunningham - day at the races.  This squat vehicle with its toy-like tires doesn't seem capable of achieving the blinding speed of  more powerful dragsters, so the cloud of exhaust seems almost a parody.  And of course the image doesn't conform at all to the usual stereotypes of the goings on in Saudi Arabia.

[Trevor Cunningham-2]

Emily Ferguson - Camo - Not much of a naturalist, myself, but I like
this one. The wind seems to be causing a stir on the surface that helps
the ducks blend in even more into the barrage of shades of green. Nice.

Don Roberts - Church Parking Lot 2 - The kind of mathematical/geometric
composition I tend to like. I'm not convinced the grass doesn't pull my
attention away from the subject, though it seems appropriate somehow. I
think it could use a little more contrast, thought the exposure is spot
on. I like Amish country, it's usually very pretty.

Dan Mitchell - Hands Up - I like the minimalist geometry here, though my
lip turned up on one side when I recognized the Starbuck's sign.
Otherwise, a nice composition study and use of color. This week's effort
seems more befitting a Leica (in my naive opinion) that last's.

John Palcewski - Strega - After David's errant scolding from yesterday,
I might be hesitant to react to this one on anything else other than
technical merit. However, I don't much feel like being redneck-bullied
out of discussing how an image makes me feel or what thoughts it
conjures up, regardless of one's myopic interpretation of my "politics".
Technical: I wish the background was a little darker, I keep trying to
see something behind her. Otherwise, perfectly focused and an effective
use of flash. Her eyes take on a mysterious purple hue, it seems.
Emotional: However, I can't help but get the impression that I'm being
told told to celebrate something I don't quite believe in. It's a little
in-your-face for my taste. What some people see as bold and expressive,
I generally see as sad and lacking confidence...a self-fulfilling
prophecy of detachment at the hands of a desperate effort to garner
attention. This girl is beautiful, but she's built a barrier to hide her
beauty so that people might notice her. Or, maybe, she just thinks it
looks cool and it pisses off her parents.

David Dyer-Bennet - Sunken Garden - Cool! The landscape and shape of the
canopy naturally corrects the lens distortion. I have to second John in
that this works very well. I would have waited for the people to leave,
if possible, and gotten a little more anal about the symmetry of the
cyprus trees on the side and the frame of the atrium. Definitely the
winner for me this week.

Stephen Ylvisaker - Kingfisher - Cool birds. Good composition,
overexposed. The hot-white branch distracts me from the little punk rocker.

[Trevor Cunningham-2]

Lol! At your age, I'm certain you wield the hammer of Thor.

John Palcewski wrote:

OK,  sir, I stand corrected regarding the little go-carts.  Now, I've avoided the Middle East all my life because somehow I knew going there would involve a measurement of my apparatus.  Not that there's anything at all WRONG with mine, you understand, it's just that I hate to shame or humiliate people.  You know?

On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Trevor Cunningham <trevor@...> wrote:

Au contraire mon frere, on both counts! Those bikes might be little (some have more funny-car-esque proportions), but they're loud AND fast. They cover at least 200 meters in less than five seconds. Also, few cultures are more prone to bigger dick contests than one finds in the Middle East. The shocker about this one is that it was legal and organized with safety personnel on hand and not simply some yahoos in the street.

John Palcewski wrote:

Trevor Cunningham - day at the races.  This squat vehicle with its toy-like tires doesn't seem capable of achieving the blinding speed of  more powerful dragsters, so the cloud of exhaust seems almost a parody.  And of course the image doesn't conform at all to the usual stereotypes of the goings on in Saudi Arabia.

[Emily L. Ferguson-2]

At 9:02 AM -0400 10/3/09, ADavidhazy wrote:
>The PhotoForum members' gallery/exhibit space
>was updated OCT 03, 2009. Authors
>with work now on display at:
>http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html 
>include:
>
>
>               Emily L. Ferguson - Camo

Hmm.  Guess I gotta sharpen these things more before I send them off...

>               Don Roberts - Church Parking Lot 2

These cliché shots are, somehow, always so damn
successful.  The uniformity of the carriages, and
the culture, is scarey in real life, but somehow
poignant and so easy to photograph in their
moment.

>               Dan Mitchell - Hands Up

Wierd.  What do the hands mean?  Are they
connected to the Starbucks sign?  Am I missing
something in the culture wars?  I guess the title
would make more sense if the hands actually were
reaching up.

>               John Palcewski - Strega

A tragedy.  Poor child.  So disaffected.  Trying
so hard to be something, but choosing so terribly
the thing to be - self mutilating, angry,
alienated, black and white, rejecting subtlety
and color - the harshness of this style.

>               David Dyer-Bennet - The sunken garden

Nifteeee!!!  Great imagination.  Brilliant, to
figure out how to use that lens without just be
iconoclastic.

>               Trevor Cunningham - day at the races

Wish there were some motion here, instead of implied motion.

>               Stephen Ylvisaker - Kingfisher 2009/09/14

Yeah, I'd get rid of a lot of the environment and
that oak branch that just nearly touches the
bird, and sharpen a lot.  But these sorts of
situations are rare unless one specializes in
birds, so congrats.


--
Emily L. Ferguson
mailto:elf@...
508-563-6822
New England landscapes, wooden boats and races
http://www.landsedgephoto.com
http://e-and-s.instaproofs.com/

[Trevor Cunningham-2]

I know what you mean, and I was hoping the front axle lift, the rear
tires, and the dirt would help in that respect. But I can't pan that fast!

Emily L. Ferguson wrote:
>>               Trevor Cunningham - day at the races
>
> Wish there were some motion here, instead of implied motion.

[David Dyer-Bennet]

Trevor Cunningham wrote:

> David Dyer-Bennet - Sunken Garden - Cool! The landscape and shape of
> the canopy naturally corrects the lens distortion. I have to second
> John in that this works very well. I would have waited for the people
> to leave, if possible, and gotten a little more anal about the
> symmetry of the cyprus trees on the side and the frame of the atrium.
> Definitely the winner for me this week.

Thanks!

I need to take special action to get a tripod into that venue, and I
haven't worked with fisheye on tripod much but I think I need a boom or
something -- otherwise the legs would be in the photo, they stick out a
LOT more than my own legs do, and I have to keep a close eye on that.  
Which makes the anality which I agree this photo really needs harder to
deliver.

Enough of the sky shows that I need the right weather conditions, and in
those conditions I don't have much hope of finding the place empty.  And
without a tripod I can't try to dispose of the people with a long
exposure.  But again I think you're probably right about the people.

--
David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@...; http://dd-b.net/
Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/
Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/
Dragaera: http://dragaera.info

[R V]

         John Palcewski - Strega

Beautiful pierced girl - reminds me of an Tibetan Yak all decked out for a holiday.

While tickling my funny bone, it is an evocative image. She seems to have the same resigned-to-live-her-fate look of those Yaks.  Poor girl, seems damaged... and I don't mean the piercings (I had some myself)... something is sad about her.

Great shot... made me think about the subject....

[John Palcewski]

She wasn't alone, there were many, many others like her at the shoot.  It was in a club in Philadelphia, a party-cum-live performance sponsored by a trade organization of the porn film industry.  I put a few of the less graphic images on my Live Journal.  (Yes, that Latin cum was a rotten, filthy, dirty little pun.  But hey.  That's what it was all about!)

 

http://forioscribe.livejournal.com

 

 

On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 12:43 PM, R V <muunstruk@...> wrote:

         John Palcewski - Strega

Beautiful pierced girl - reminds me of an Tibetan Yak all decked out for a holiday.

While tickling my funny bone, it is an evocative image. She seems to have the same resigned-to-live-her-fate look of those Yaks.  Poor girl, seems damaged... and I don't mean the piercings (I had some myself)... something is sad about her.

Great shot... made me think about the subject....

[Chris-723]

The PhotoForum members' gallery/exhibit space was updated OCT 03, 2009.
Authors
with work now on display at: http://people.rit.edu/andpph/gallery.html 
include:


               Emily L. Ferguson - Camo
[Chris] It's Green.....
               Don Roberts - Church Parking Lot 2
[Chris] I have heard of the Amish community. I wonder if they know what they
are missing. I expect they loose a lot of their young people who want to be
modern.
               Dan Mitchell - Hands Up
[Chris] That is a unique sign, I wonder what it meant?
               John Palcewski - Strega
[Chris] I found friendship with a girl like that - she was Norse too but
before I could get on with kissing her all that stuff had to come off. She
had other parts of her body pierced too and it all had to come out at the
anti-natal clinic. She went back to Norway to have her baby so it was
Norwegian. I never saw her again.
               David Dyer-Bennet - The sunken garden
[Chris] What a nice greenhouse that is: And what a fine use of a wide angle
lens. Nice shot.
       
               Trevor Cunningham - day at the races
[Chris] It is strange how young people risk their lives at dangerous sports.
We live such short lives as it is and every so often one of these young
bloods has an accident and dies. I was just the same but at that stage of my
life I could not afford it. Now at the end of my life, I still cannot afford
it.
               Stephen Ylvisaker - Kingfisher 2009/09/14
[Chris] The object of the photograph is too small in the frame. I suppose a
long telephoto with image stabiliser would have made a better framing. I saw
a shot being taken of a bird with a hand held 400 mm telephoto. For longer
lenses a tripod must be used as they are too heavy and shake too much. My
500 mm mirror lens is no good at all.

Chris.

[R V]

Yes, you can tell by the eyes... something is very sad... lacking life.

On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 1:10 PM, John Palcewski <palcewski@...> wrote:

She wasn't alone, there were many, many others like her at the shoot.  It was in a club in Philadelphia, a party-cum-live performance sponsored by a trade organization of the porn film industry.  I put a few of the less graphic images on my Live Journal.  (Yes, that Latin cum was a rotten, filthy, dirty little pun.  But hey.  That's what it was all about!)

 

http://forioscribe.livejournal.com

 

 

On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 12:43 PM, R V <muunstruk@...> wrote:

         John Palcewski - Strega

Beautiful pierced girl - reminds me of an Tibetan Yak all decked out for a holiday.

While tickling my funny bone, it is an evocative image. She seems to have the same resigned-to-live-her-fate look of those Yaks.  Poor girl, seems damaged... and I don't mean the piercings (I had some myself)... something is sad about her.

Great shot... made me think about the subject....

[Chris-723]

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The other girl I met like that had a ring in her nose which was used to tether her.

 

Chris

 

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She wasn't alone, there were many, many others like her at the shoot.  It was in a club in Philadelphia, a party-cum-live performance sponsored by a trade organization of the porn film industry.  I put a few of the less graphic images on my Live Journal.  (Yes, that Latin cum was a rotten, filthy, dirty little pun.  But hey.  That's what it was all about!)

 

http://forioscribe.livejournal.com

 

 

On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 12:43 PM, R V <muunstruk@...> wrote:

         John Palcewski - Strega

Beautiful pierced girl - reminds me of an Tibetan Yak all decked out for a holiday.

While tickling my funny bone, it is an evocative image. She seems to have the same resigned-to-live-her-fate look of those Yaks.  Poor girl, seems damaged... and I don't mean the piercings (I had some myself)... something is sad about her.

Great shot... made me think about the subject....