Hi,
When I accepted Chris' idea, I imagined myself talking
about the great pictures that I always see and like in
the PUG... but this time I have also some objections,
and justify why is maybe more difficult. I'll try to
explain it� good luck understanding my English, by the
way :-)
Mike Smith's Autumn II:
Positive: The light describing the borders of the main
branch and side leafs. Also the color of the leaf
itself. Composition also works for me.
Negative: I think that the main problem with this
picture, as Mike says, is the 'digitalization'. I
liked it much more when I saw it at work with the
laptop, when I was able to move the TFT screen up and
down (which changes contrast). Apart from that, I
don't like the (unavoidable) shadow of the right leaf.
I think it is disturbing.
Also, I would like to see better the side leafs, but
again, maybe the original shows them better. This
assumption somehow limits my comments.
Take Ueda's Rain:
Positive: I like the idea of showing the contrast
between mud and metal, especially with this dark
color. I don't identify the brand and type of the car,
but it seems very rounded and 'photogenic'.
Negative: mainly the point of view. Personally, I
would have centered the picture on the bonnet, or
maybe a front view... I am not sure.
The main problem is that, in my opinion, the
raindrop/metal contrast is not the center of the
picture. The blinker is distracting, and at the bottom
left corner seems to be a little bit burned by flash
light. This is distracting to me too. (As you can see
I get distracted easily... :-) ). I personally don't
like flash too much, I would have used available light
if possible, or a more uniform source than a built-in
flash.
Juan Buhler's No Park:
I have to confess that it took a lot to me to
understand Juan's submission. Since I ran into the
picture without reading the title, I didn't even
realize that there was something written. The contrast
settings of my monitor at home didn't help either. I
saw a grey non contrasted picture while starting to
think: 'Juan is going to kill me...'
Now it works better for me. I begin to like the
desolation and abandoned state shown in the picture,
along with the texture of the ground.
Why I took so much to me to get it (apart from my
screen settings at home)?
Maybe because I didn't have enough sense of scale.
Yes, there are a couple of car tracks to compare, but
they are not immediately visible.
Maybe because I don't identify the concrete object
with the 'No Park' sentence written on it� Is this
something typical in the US that is not used in Spain?
(you can probably answer me, Juan, since you know my
country).
Also, to complete the series of distracting things,
there is something at the top left corner that could
have been cropped.
I am thinking if a wider angle would help expressing
the isolation of the object and also to relate it to
other objects / sizes surrounding it.
Well, that's all. Of course I expect and welcome
comments to my comments, and please, don't be too hard
with my May submission� :-)
Jaume
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