Frank, thanks for looking & commenting. I appreciate the response my images garner, yea, nay or otherwise.
I don't mean the following to be a defense of this image, just some of my thoughts. I have other images of Caribou (mostly with only one animal) but they all seemed somewhat like specimens, almost out of context to their environment. I chose to post this particular image mainly because it was two animals doing what caribou do & they were more in their environment than others I've taken. I also thought the different velvet conditions were also striking. Not an artistic attempt, more of a documentary. Thanbks again. -----Original Message----- From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Jan 25, 2005 7:42 PM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PAW: A bad Hair Day On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:05:47 -0500, Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please check out > > http://mypeoplepc.com/members/kwaller/offwallphoto/id2.html > > Taken with PZ1P, 600mm f4.0 FA > > Comments: Yea, Nay or otherwise. > > Thanks in advance for looking & commenting. > I'll preface this "negative review" with a reminder that I absolutely love most (almost all) of your work (can you guess what's coming now? <vbg>) But, I can't honestly say I particularly like this one. The two animals (are they caribou or elk, or some such thing?) are so close together in the frame that their individual impact is lost on me. I assume (given your title) that the one losing it's antler velvet is what the photo is all about, but he's almost lost behind the first one. I also find the tree in front of the two quite distracting. As a documentary photo featuring a large member of the deer family losing it's velvet, it's okay. As a typical Ken Waller Wildlife Masterpiece, it falls far short IMHO. Maybe you've just set the bar too high <g>. Sorry - I really hate saying that I don't like something... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com
