The very small gallery is here: http://www.tbray.org/pdml/PDML-Augenblick/
The shots are mostly a little blurry (I had the K20 accidentally locked at ISO 200, so the Sigma 1.4 was running wide) and nothing much in themselves; notable are the paired white K-X's in the first, and Larry's dramatic silhouette menacing AnnSan as he photographs her in the last. BTW, Larry showed me how you can use a plastic film-canister lid to replace the irritating little screw-in cap on the DA 40mm limited. Of the pictures on display, I liked Christine's wonderful Brown-line composition the best. OK, here's the controversial opinion. Well, perhaps not, because it's a matter of personal taste. But, anyhow... I quite strongly disagreed with the selection from the book for the show. Yes, they were very good - a tribute to some combination of the PDML talent pool and Mark's outstanding curatorship and printsmanship. But as I picked up my book for the first time and leafed through it after having orbited the gallery a couple of times, time after time I found myself shaking my head thinking "Why the #%$~! is this wonderful piece not on these walls?" Here are a few that I particularly regret not having seen lovingly rendered on those walls: "Help" - AnnSan - intensity and grace "Surf Club" - P.J. Alling - the exposition of space is pure poetry "Holy Water" - Pasvorn Boonmark - a totally astounding picture; I keep going back to look again "Rowboats, Padstow" - Cotty - an uncluttered hymn to curvature "Tree in Field" - Steven Sharpe - it's a haiku "Piano Player" - Dario Bonazza - almost too intense to look at, illustration by subtraction "Ratlines and Rigging" - Paul Sorenson - infinite detail at perfect rest "Deputy" - John Andrew Celio - what a face The lady who did the selection used criteria that were not, in my opinion, essentially photographic. But hey, as I said, it's just an opinion; worth what you paid for it. -Tim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
