I had a chance to sit through the Nov. PUG tonight, and so here's my list of the one's that jumped off the screen, slapped me in the face, spotted my glass of wine and took a cheeky gulp, pinched my lady's bum, slapped me again, and disappeared back onto the screen...
San Francisco, 9/11/2001 by Jaun Buhler A fantastic shot with great composition and lovely elements, notably the face and the newspaper. Well presented with good contrast, just the way I like 'em. Well done. My runner-up for best shot of the month. Love Saves the Day Ann Sanfedele The caption says it is two seperate pics, but the garish colour works very well as one image. Looks like a store window until you realise the relative sizes are wrong, but could the dolls be much closer than the phone user? Intriguing and teasing. Smart work. Pickering Fog David J Brooks Pleasing landscape, I coulda done with it even wider to get more trees on the left and the building on the right, but then the sun would have shrunk. You can't have everything! Nice example, nice serene feeling. Hotel at Guadelupe Joseph Tainter The colour! The colour! I could reach into that blue sky and cut my hand on it. Nice composition. The plug in the background completes the setup well. Holiday Sunrise Bob Sullivan Very pleasing image that conveys just the right feeling that Bob, I'm sure, wanted. Cracking shot. Docked in Paradise Thomas Cakalic (spellchecker gave me 'cakewalk' on your name!') I wasn't keen at first because I like a bit of symmetry, I do. But then I realised the rocks in the water do a good balance for the half-canoes on the right. The colours and shapes make up good ground too, so I ended up admiring it. Saint Peace M'rcio Rahal Nice collection of well-observed shapes. Bell, cross, white pointy roofs with a deep blue sky, what more is needed to tell the story? Nice. Support Mick Maguire Superb study of the bridge support, great shapes and textures. Good tonal range, everything from the deepest black to the brightest white. Harsh contrast that adds to the gritty feeling. Rose Above It D Glenn Arthur Jr This pic grows on me the more I look at it. Not technically perfect by far, but the idea is sound. Look at the brick texture on the flower. Best done in Photoshop for this kind of thing for the ultimate control. To actually achieve this manually on one frame is not easy at all. Junior has lots of promise! Honourable mention award. Unforgiving Winter Alin Flaider Almost monotone except for the lovely browns on the wood and dead leaves, another pleasing landscape. I love the composition. Monarto Meer Cat Darryn Richter Good effort - made me laugh out loud: I hope that was the intention! Was the first cat cloned in Photoshop and pasted behind? The first one is saying, 'That's the last time I have a curry for lunch before a date...' Innocence and Fear Gianfranco Irlanda Never failing to please, Gianfranco has done it again. Excellent composition. Sonofagun, how does he do it ;-) Torso II Karoly Kovacs Karoly, have you heard of one of my heroes, Jeanloup Sieff (Torses Nus) ? This is easily as good as the Frenchman's. I spent a long time looking at this. One of the best studies I've seen of the type. Simply Superb. My PUG shot of the month. Cangrats, you should be proud! Mist Martin Mielke Lovely subtle colours and tones. Beautiful study with very simple elements. JMW Turner eat yer heart out. River of Gold Maciej Marchlewski Fine effort by Maciej. The road makes the shot. I like the building too. Keep up the good work! Great Blue Heron, Preening Bill Sawyer Admire anyone who has the patience to photograph wildlife, especially nice shots like this one. A real pleasure to look at. Cheers. Contentment Mike Smith Another good bird shot. My hat off to you sir. Lovely to look at. Huraaa! Matjaz Osojnik Great colour and vibrancy in this windsurfer pic. Conveys a real feeling of 'I've just done it!' Nice use of fill-in flash. Was the water a teensy bit cool, Mirjana? A Very Grainy Image Ken Waller Ken sees the details of a fallen log, but I see a section of a Humpback whale. Simply superb. Must be a very blue sky above. And that's my pick of the pics for this month. I'm always pleasantly surprised by the very high standard of submissions to the gallery. Always a pleasure to view them all. Fast becoming a nice tradition for me. Big thanks to all the PUGsters that make it happen. Like marshals on a track, the race wouldn't happen without you. Thanks. Til next month, cheers. Cotty _______________________________________________________ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
