It looks like an oil painting. ;) rg2
On 9/10/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/38a.htm > > Interesting commentary on this one so far. Thank you! > > From: drayton cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > As Desi used to say, "'splain it to me, Lucy...!" You ARE serious, > > I suppose. > > You ARE serious, I suppose. > > From: Steve Barbour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> As Desi used to say, "'splain it to me, Lucy...!" > > well 'splain it to me.. is that a person or a giant red pepper with > > hair...? > > hmmmm... > > From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > This one just doesn't quite work for me. I guess on issue is the > > relative size of the head and body seem odd - the head looks small and > > that makes the body look overly large. Or it could be that there is > > not much room in the frame to show movement direction and the person > > is almost out of the frame already. > > Some thoughts: > > Photographs can be more than representational, sharp, classical > documentaries of things, events and people. I found the warm tones, > the softness, shapes, and the suggestion of motion in this photograph > somewhat akin to various notions of romantic impressionism in > painting. It's successful to my eye, I like the feel and the emotion > of it, but whether there's something in it that can be seen by your > eyes is what I'm looking for in posting it for critique and commentary. > > I've discovered in the course of showing my work both to galleries > and in gallery exhibitions that many art buyers are drawn to > photographs that might not pop to my eye at first. Their interests > have pushed me to see photographs in ways apart from simply the > perspective of a "good photograph" in the Kodak sense.... > > From: Steven Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I don't know, seems a tad over-sharpened... ;-) > > LOL!!! > > Thanks for all your thoughts. > > best, > Godfrey > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- "the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
