To give more explanation for my perception. What it really reminded me of was the start of a James Bond movie where they take the form of a woman and put something inside it like fire or water or something. It is interesting to see the shapes morph and to see new shapes, but I think as a still image, it grabs at you for a minute and then just sits there.
I personally didn't find it unpleasant, but it wasn't a shot that I would want to look at over and over. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, December 18, 2005, 9:51:39 PM, you wrote: G> Hi Paul, G> I'm not offended, just a bit puzzled. I thought I would have received one G> definitely positive response by the time I made that post. G> I joked about the kid and kittens shot, because I wondered if every picture G> of a girl had to be cute to get a favorable review here. I was just G> wondering if everyone had become so "glamour" and "traditional portrait" G> oriented that an experimental shot which didn't glorify the beauty of the G> subject didn't have much of a chance. G> Remember, most people didn't say why they didn't like it. They just said G> they didn't like it. Since they didn't explain why, my mind naturally G> starts to speculate as to their possible reasons. ;) G> By all means, keep those comments on the image coming, be they positive or G> negative... ;) G> take care, G> Glen G> At 11:02 PM 12/18/2005, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>I sense that you've taken some offense as a result of the negative >>comments. You shouldn't. The effort was a good one. I just think that >>this shot doesn't work. It's forcing an idea. Flames over a picture of a >>girl. But the picture of the girl appears to be somewhat of a standard >>portrait, and the flames are, well, flames. And the two shots don't really >>meld as a composition. For me, the takeaway is just one element over the >>other, resulting in a rather unpleasant composition. Sorry, but that's >>what I see here. But keep experimenting. Keep shooting. And, please, no >>cute baby girls. I'll do those :-). >>Paul >>PS: I wish I was as motivated to experiment as you seem to be. That's a >>good thing. But that puts you in the line of fire. It goes with the territory. >> >> >>On Dec 18, 2005, at 10:25 PM, Glen wrote: >> >>>At 07:01 PM 12/18/2005, P. J. Alling wrote: >>> >>>>Bizarre, album cover art... >>>> >>>>Glen wrote: >>>> >>>>>Hi everyone, >>>>> >>>>>I appreciate any and all honest comments on one of my latest images: >>>>> >>>>>http://webpages.charter.net/glenweb/ni/Burning_For_You2.jpg >>> >>> >>>Okay, out of 5 responses so far, 4 have definitely been negative, and >>>this one I'm not certain about. I don't know for certain if P. J. would >>>consider "bizarre album cover art" a good thing or not. I suspect the >>>answer is probably not. ;) >>> >>>Maybe I should photograph someone's cute baby girl, in her cute little >>>holiday dress, sitting at the foot of a Christmas tree, with colorful >>>presents all around her, while she laughs with delight at two adorable >>>kittens playing with balls of red and green yarn in the foreground. >>>:) >>> >>> >>>take care, >>>Glen
