Thanks Keith! I actually 'retrofitted' this pic - browsed and found this one which I thought might be OK for the theme. When we reached that spot, I just asked everyone to pose looking towards the water... moved them around just a wee bit etc.
regards Sridhar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith McGuinness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 10:39 AM Subject: Re: July PUG is open > AvK wrote: >> The July PUG is open. >> It can be viewed at http://pug.komkon.org > Thanks Adelheid! > > My personal picks for the month: > Photo - Jostein; mystery - Wendy; interpretation - Sridhar. > > Comments... > > * Jostein: Curves in... > I don't usually go for abstract but I like this one. > Curtains blown by the wind? > > * Dave Brooks: Swirls. > Interesting but I would like it a little sharper with more contrast. > > * Jens Bladt: Watersurface. > Interesting effect but the highlights are a bit distracting. > > * Kenneth Waller: A very grainy image. > I rather like the knots in this which make it a bit different. > I'm not going to guess: What would I do with 100 pixels? > > * Ray Allen: A cliff face. > Fun picture! > > * Cotty: Transparent Conundrum. > I like the way this has been photographed: grey on grey. > (What Mike said.) > > * Paul Stenquist: An easy one. > Not sure about this one. Well shot but my eyes keep getting > pulled to the bottom of the image. > > * Wendy Beard: No title. > For me, one of the best "what is it?" > Would never have guessed, despite it being "pretty obvious"! > > * Mark Roberts: CokeBus. > Just can't make up my mind about this one. > > * Dan Matyola: Cave Canem. > Interesting. A little soft? > > * Robert Gonzalez: What am eye? > Nicely shot. Unusual colouring. Like it. > (What Mike said.) > > * Me: Here. > I'll neither confirm nor deny Mike's guess! > I took several photos specifically for this theme but didn't like > the way they came out, so used a crop from an earlier photograph > instead. > > * Casaletti Leonardo: Fly. > Nicely captured and an unusual bug. Whites are perhaps a bit blown. > > * Thrainn Vigfusson: Who's head is it anyway? > Fun! I like it. > > * Joseph Tainter: Mystery to me. > Sharp and I like the pose. It's not static "bird on a stick" > because it's attentive and about to do something. > > * Patrick Rendulic: Minnie. > Sorry...but I don't like cats! Any opinion I expressed would be > irretrievably biased. 8-) > > * Boris Liberman: Common Language. > BW makes it a bit more mysterious. > I think Mike's got it. > > * Bob Sullivan: In Costume. > Before I read Bob's comment my thought was that the mystery was > "What is the mystery?" (Having worn a similar funny get-up on one > occasion.) Nice capture. > > * Henk Terhell: Flight of the Soul. > Interesting idea. I rather like it. > > * Bruce Dayton: Ready. > Very nicely shot! > > * Gainfranco Irlanda: A Car? > Interesting as an object but the image is a little static. > Perhaps another angle? > > * Sridhar Gibikote: What's that? > I like the "atmosphere" and light of this photograph. The > water-line is, however, perhaps a bit too central. Perhaps it > would be better from a little further away with the people a > little higher and slightly further to the left. > It's a very clever interpretation of the theme, however. > > * Harald Rust: Epiphyte. > I like this. I think it is a rather tricky subject but this one > is nicely posed. A bit green and soft perhaps. > > * Jan van Wijk: Cornflower with Bee. > Nicly captured and appealing colours. If it's cropped, I would, > perhaps, have put the bee a bit higher and to the left. > > * John Forbes: Watchers. > This could actually go under the theme in the same way as > Sridhar's: What are they watching? Not sure what I think about > this one. > > Keith McG > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
