Berkeley Peace Wall
by GeneralE

Comment by mfairbanks:
OMG! This is thr funniest thing I've ever seen, wow, damn! talk about one being born every minute! Anyways as for the photo, the colors are great, the subjet good (even if it is only for a laugh) what really bugs me is the person blocking a good chunk of the view somehow I dont think he's part of the landmark, I would have liked to see this without him, and perhaps from a slightly different angle say from the left a few more feet....However, still a 5, just cause it made me laugh, Thanks Mike

Berkeley Peace Wall
by GeneralE

Comment by Rook3000:
Good landmark, not a great shot. Pull back, frame the landmark, not this guy. Why is he intresting to you? In this shot it is more about him looking at the wall than the wall. The wall looks cool, I just wish I could see more of it. Also, why not wait till "magic hour" for this shot, some evening or early morning light would have helped alot.

Berkeley Peace Wall
by GeneralE

Comment by rkligman:
Unflattering to the wall. It's at an angle. The guy with his back to you doesn't help it at all either.

Berkeley Peace Wall
by GeneralE

Comment by e301:
Well, it's neat enough in terms of focus, and the tonality seems accurate. I don't follow your thinking with this composition - the (partial) inclusion of the figure, who seems particularly uninterestingly posed. The arrangement of your major elements in frame - two bands of wall and bushes, and that figure a touch lower and heavily to the right side of frame. The detail of the wall is interesting, but this shot addds very little to that, and indeed I think removes from it with the inclusion of those other elements. What was it that interested you in this scene? Was there a specific thing you wre trying to communicate to us? I don't see it I fear, yet I'm sure there is a shot to be foundd at the location somehow.

Berkeley Peace Wall
by GeneralE

Comment by Chubba:
Photo needs to create impact this is a good photo but does not create impact

Berkeley Peace Wall
by GeneralE

Comment by magicshutter:
I personally would not have the person in the photo. I'm not knocking your personal artistic vision but I thought it took away from the point.

Skeleton Key
by GeneralE

Comment by Arcanist:
Unsure if this is galvanized, green paint, or silver. Very interesting texture to the whole and well framed. Something in the depth of the subject on the head of the key is casting greyish shadows on the side and in the holes. This is very distracting. I see no real technology in a key or in current key use/design, but can see the implied technology of advancement in security and find that with some interpretation that this subject fits the challenge artistically. Average marks on all levels: challenge, composition and cleanness of image. Extra points for a subject that has an interesting texture and form.

License to Kill
by GeneralE

Comment by GeneralE:

Originally posted by graphicfunk: Hey Paul; just want to know that this remains a very strong image. One of the few that impressed me.

Thanks.

I had two purposes in positioning the shell in front. Mostly it was to obscure part of the type on the badge -- the the type was supposed to be readable, showing that part would have diluted the effect.

Afterwards, I decided I also liked the was the round, crimped top of the shell mirrored the shape of the Seal.

I had no intent to attribute this to the Bush (or any other particular) Administration -- that badge is the only one I happened to have around. If I could have gotten one which said
MI-5
#007
believe me I would have used that instead!

While "police" authorities do not (in the USA) have the right to go around shooting people indiscriminately, there's ample evidence to show that they do shoot people discriminately, and are rarely punished for the resulting homicides, even when they involve the death of unarmed suspects or innocent bystanderd

License to Kill
by GeneralE

Comment by graphicfunk:
Hey Paul; just want to know that this remains a very strong image. One of the few that impressed me.

Winter Migration
by GeneralE

Comment by GeneralE:

Originally posted by kdolso: This photo certainly give the illusion of movement. There is a hectic, frenetic tension. The artist captures the feeling of pushing the edge for me. The title doesn't fit with my interpretation, but that is the beauty of subjective art.

Thanks! Your comment pretty much expresses what I liked about this myself. It was a somewhat happy accident that the lights seem to form a stampeding herd of cars, and I did think later that "Stampede" might have been a better title ...

The feeling and style this evoked for me -- and I hoped to pass on -- is related to the paleolithic cave paintings found mainly in Southern Europe, like those at Altamira in Spain and Lascaux in France -- a few simple strokes with some earth-based pigments and you suddenly have a thundering herd of antelope, horses, or bison. That was my first impression when I saw it pop up on the monitor when I got home.