Chimpanzee
by moodville

Comment:
An exquisite moment, sensitively captured and rendered. Despite strong evidence of post-processing left in the shot, the extreme sharpness paired with soft lighting could hardly have been better chosen.

What impresses me is the astounding emotional range of this photograph which, IMHO, takes it well beyond the genre of animal portraiture. Fine work, very fine work.

Message edited by author 2004-08-07 23:45:41.

Every line has a story
by jmritz

Comment:
A profoundly tragic photograph of great beauty and humanity, sheer hommage. It evoked, in me, Dylan Thomas's voice: "Rage, rage against the dying of the light...".

Capturing an Unparalleled World
by insteps

Comment:
I have a feeling that the lack of many comments under this image would be best interpreted as complimentary. It communicates several potential visions of humanity while providing no direction or resolve. The title further enforces an unease raised by the oddity of the subject's kyphosis (thank blindjustice for the precision), attire and intense attention to the thoughts he may be committing to paper.

All in all, it has been a pleasure to uncover your growing portfolio. In it, I found a unique vision of the world, undiluted gists and no frills. I imagine I'll return to this place in the future, just to see how things are.

self-portrait.jpg
by grigrigirl

Comment:
What a Bohemian diva you can be! ;-)

Sun Kissed Body
by difarnecio

Comment:
Actually, I like the model's hands.
The incidental emphasis (on them) you, apparently, would have preferred to avoid, speaks to me more profoundly and delicately than the more obvious sensuality of the larger part of the image.

To have both, IMHO, expands the emotional range of the photo.

Dressage
by agwright

Comment:
After a lifetime of commitment to horses and dressage, I can easily appreciate the subject choice. As an amateur photographer, I'd prefer to see the horse moving into the picture rather than out of it (since the left provides no information or dynamic relevant to the subject, its direction or to composition). The ambient lighting is quite strong as well, beginning to eliminate detail from the (white) highlights. The image, to my taste, is ever so slightly over-sharpened.

The title, IMO, is somewhat assuming, given the level of experience or training evident from the rider's seat, position, balance and hands. The horse is not moving freely and without engagement of the hind quarters. The vertical line of the horse's head has fallen behind the bit. The reigns are held too short, too low and too wide apart to allow the horse any natural gaiting.

What I do like is the horse itself, the upright position of his ears, his conformation, the tangibly gleaming texture of his coat and a very satisfying display of detail in the midtones and shadows. The tail blowing in the breeze does not hurt the image either.

Birds above
by arnit

Comment:
It appears both naive and surreal. A president would seem quite out of place in such an airy toy store.

Two Lodges
by dsidwell

Comment:
Is it a Sioux (-style) tipi?

Looks like the one I built and lived in for a winter. Does it have an inner wall, a floor? Did you water-proof it?

When I was a young boyn, I said to my parents: "When I grow up I'll live inna tipi and raise me some buffalo."

I did, 'cept I substituted the buffalo for a horse.
I miss all of this now, and there are no stars to dream by anymore... ceiling.

Henrik (Summer, 1993)
by melismatica

Comment:
Wham, what great energy, not only of the subject but also via manner!

It is a very tight crop, especially at top and bottom, and not having been there, I can't say if it could have been 'framed' better. I like the vintage coarseness of it, the contrast and b & w, but I admire the timing, most of all.

Woman with dog
by Peshiks

Comment:
Not exactly a technical tour-de-force (the exposure is beginning to wash out the sky and unable to render tones in the brightest margins/the horizon has a slight counter-clockwise tilt/the crop/framing is tight enough above the woman's head to distract from her grand and solitary splendour), but what a hilarious and surreal capture!

Although the casual, snap-shot manner contributes some charm to this image, a slight corrective rotation is, IMHO, needed to make it credible.

The shot is and remains priceless!

Message edited by author 2004-05-26 23:25:39.