I don't know what the attitude is around here for making comments on the PUG. I was going to last month, but I figured, "Oh, I'm just a newbie/novice, so no one will be interested in my opinion."
OTOH, everyone likes feedback. So I decided to take a wack at it this month. I was going to pick out five and make comments. But there are so many nice/good/great photos I couldn't pick out so few. So finally I settled on 10. (I had/have about 15-20 in my list, but I had to cut it off somewhere, or not get anything else done today at all :-)). Bear with me, I have to use AOL's web mail to send email to the mailing list (regular AOL seems to be considered not plain text), and that is tedious, so I am going to break this into two posts. Pacific Twilight by Harald Rust Wow! This is my favorite, favorite. It makes me want to be there. Good landscape/nature photographs have that affect on me, making me want to be there. Beautiful colors, like a muted rainbow in reverse, nice reflection in the pool, and great composition. Simply beautiful. Hypnosis by Piotr Wilkonski Great bird shot. But not only a great shot, he looks world-weary and irritated. And on second glance one could wonder who's inside the fence, the child or the bird? Who's staring at whom? This is a great inside/outside shot and to top it off you can almost think you can see the bird thinking, "So what are you looking at, kid?" Flood Water by Petr Pazour This looks like a painting (probably no higher praise from me :-)). Already a great shot of hazy water, until one notices the incongruous drowned lamp post on the right, then it becomes quite disconcerting. Majestic and scary at the same time -- the fury and beauty of nature combined. The Clue, Storm King State Park by Herb Chong This photo of reddish and/or dry trees in snow is very understated and that is its strength. The limited color range, rolling hills, and shadows makes for a very impressionistic image. One that I could hang on the wall and not grow tired of soon because of its subtlety. Jumping High by Paul Stone Okay, I am a s_cker (oops) for wild life and deer in particular. And I like seeing wild life in different situations and how they interact with the increasingly man-made world around them. This shows that very well and I appreciate how the photographer had to be quick off the mark to catch the deer just as it was jumping over the fence. Next five, next post. Doe aka Marnie
