Hi,
What a great gallery this month! This month I'm happy
to comment on the following images;
"My other half", by Paul Jones. Ummm.... I think that
I am going to save this one for last.
" Tom Paxton at the Freight ", by John Francis. I
really like the tonal quality of this print. The
grain adds texture without being excessive to the
point of calling attention to itself. I like the
"moment" too, but it would be fun to see him singing
in the mic also. I'm not sure it would be any better,
and my guess is, that you got some like that and
didn't like them as well as this one. Another
alternate shot that would be fun would be something
with a wider lens (100mm??) that would show the
performer and also enough of the club so that we could
see the environment of the "Freight & Salvage".
As it is, there really isn't a sense of "place", it
could have been taken anywhere. Nevertheless, I
really like this photo. My point is that with this
good subject, and your good low light technique, there
is a lot of good photos to be made, but I'm not sure
that any would be better than this. Good Job!
" The Bench ", by Cyril Marion. I don't know if this
picture is meant to be funny or not, but I get a
chuckle out of it. It almost seems as though the man
is waiting for a boat to come by and take him to work!
Great grab shot, and I think that the softening
background due to the use of a wider aperture actually
helps set off the subject. I think that I would have
cropped out the empty sky though. Also, the image
seems to lack some "vibrancy", perhaps lost in
scanning.
" Dam, Mammoth Spring Arkansas ", by Kevin
Thornsberry. What makes this shot work is the brush
on the left, this adds the needed "depth" to the
image. The shadow areas are dark and left somewhat
mysterious, and I find myself wanting to see more at
the top of the image. I wonder how this image would
have looked on a cloudy day? Perhaps it would be too
"conventional". Anyway, this is a neat shot.
Which brings me to Paul Jones' picture. One of the
great joys of photography is how we can record moments
of our daily lives as a "souvenir" of sorts, where we
have been, what we did, and who we were with. Usually
these photos will not have a lot of significance to
people who are not involved in the "memory".
Usually.
Paul, I think that you realize that there may be some
nit-picky things wrong with this picture, but still
you liked it enough to post to the PUG. I would like
to thank you for that, because, I like it too, enough
that I have chosen this photo for my wallpaper this
month. It reminds me not to let life's experiences
pass by unrecorded. I think that years down the road,
this photo will hold more significance for you than
any flora/fauna pictures taken that day.
Again, great gallery folks,
Thanks,
William in Utah.
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