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Where was I? Oh, yeah, "Interesting" comments (long)
Just to inject a little (photographic) life into this political group,
please find attached my obligatory commments on the entries in Mr Bowser's "Interesting" challenge. I say "obligatory" because it seems to me posting an entry into a Shoot-In commits one to pay attention to his own work, and to that of others, and to return the favor that the commitment implies others will grant him, as well. My tentative evaluation of the entire collection of images was, "Eric Stevens Two, Bowser One, The Rest Of US Zero. Int Eric Stevens 2 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116994990 This is not one of the Two. It contains interesting stuff, somthing to set my gaze and mind wandering; the viewpoint interferes with the wander. Like many of the things we have to look past to make sense of impressions, if there is too much substance too close, the depths may get lost. Int Eric Stevens 4 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116994999 Now this is another matter. The depth is there, there are enough items of semi-familar (or imagined) function to keep the eye and imaginer busy for a while, and all leading to a somewhat enigmatic focus with a large capacity for symbolism. Not an easy photo to make, and surely a satisfying one for me. Int E Stevens Old http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995006 Less is more. Good evocation of a long-dormant memory set. Possible to conject a lot into the few picture elements. Int BobCoe 1 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995011 Can you feel the hum? Something about those nether wavelengths and some elemental shapes. Nice. Satisfying but ... not really fulfilling. Int BobCoe 2 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995019 Here's another with a plethora of detail to view, but the assortment takes little time to sort, and once you've seen one trick, it may be time to look for a different pony. Int BobCoe 3 Old http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995025 Oh, good! A covered bridge in color! No, wait, it's mosquitos in flight! Really, very evocative, but I am distracted or put off by the circle thing. Is it my eye, or is the horizon a bit tilted? I only say that because I need something to say. Int MarthaCoe 1 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995031 I like to look at this because of the not-sharp shadows and the cut-off bench. There must be something really interesting in there, but I'm not seeing it, I guess. Int MarthaCoe2 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995037 The colors match my expectations for this kind of picture. I'd like the lower left corner to not be cut off by the light-colored line, and I'd like the barrier to exit nearer the lower right corner and to be a bit more below my sight line. As in the previous shot, nature and its soft boundaries and man and his hard edges always make good tension. Int MarthaCoe 3 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995041 Nature presents some hard transitions, too. Nice cutting of energy lines by the white and dark elements. These are often difficult to crop, what with so many possible inclusions. I don't want my round bud snipped by the edge of the frame; reminds me too much of the vulnerability of living things. Interesting Almost Real Cooper http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995046 There is an aura about this that makes me want to cry a little. One of those fairy-tale, turned-to-stone, lost-potential stories, I suppose. Kind of the opposite pole from the thrill of success. But it's all over in a minute. Another mystery solved. Next ... Interesting Bob Sosenko http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995051 I'm sorry if I have an insultingly short attention span. I'm interested in cars, but distanced by the air-brushed effect. Oh, says I, a racing Ferrari cockpit. (Looks like a MAD magazine illustration, eh?) Silver State? Interesting - bobFlint 1 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995055 There is some heavy action here. The Earth is sucking big time, and this stuff is fighting it with everything it's got. I'm a little claustrophobic, so I'll move on, if you don't mind. Interesting - BobFlint 2 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995060 I do NOT want to go into your ditch. Nice report though. Interesting - Bob Flint 3 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995060 I get it! And there is some cool motion in there among the inanimate objects, too. Interesting. Interesting Savageduck 01 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995073 I enjoy a good aircraft armament picture, even though I don't believe this one. Were they really chromed? C'mon. Interesting Savageduck 02B http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995078 I could have said "P-51" without prompting; during WWII this was one of my two favorite airplanes. The other was the P-38 "Lightning", which may have loaned its name to this particular airship, which I would have called a "Mustang". Interesting Savagduck 03 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995083 Love those torquey old radial engines. There were two biplanes flying daily, "shooting landings" or giving rides, flying over my house under the Montgomery Field flight path. I pointed out the slow-flying, slow-turning engine sound to my wife. The next day one of them had a "hard landing", no injuries, but there is just one flying now. I mentioned that to one of my old coworkers who was a Marine Pilot in WWII, and he said he knows what they tell people to fly those planes: "No turns over five degrees!" I suppose that means something to fliers. Photographically speaking, nice but I'll move right along ... Interesting TimConway http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995087 Airplane engine. Nice semi-document, not alot of art in it, my view. "Semi-" because it's not close enough for detail, at this distance just meaningful to the knowledgeable. Interesting TimConway2 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995092 This IS interesting, to me, because of the colors and the conflict in edges. Like the many-daisy problem, where to crop without interrupting flow? Tough call. Interesting TimConway3 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995097 Cool shot. I admire the inpired execution, and the contortions required to make it come alive. You DIDN'T kill that plant, did you? Interesting by Calving Sambrook http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995103 Nice one; a little contrived, maybe; another one worthwhile in terms of payoff for effort. I wish there was some other placement for the arm and elbow (that interferes with my trajectory into the top shelf) without jeopardizing the reacher. Interesting Solomon Peachy 1 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995106 Couple-three mysteries in there, but I'm not interested enough to work them out. Interesting Solomon Peachy 2 old http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995112 Yes, definitely interesting. Seemingly a simple enough image, nice tones and gradations, and plenty of room for conjecture. How many thumb rings in your family? The spread fingers: some cigarette smokers in hers? Pyromaniacs? Could you please ask her to tell about the internal monologue that was going on at this moment? Thank you. int bowser 1 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995118 Hey, it's recorded for posterity. int bowser 2 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995126 Don't get me started on animal abuse, pretentiousness, arrogance, self-consciousness. int bowser 3 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995131 Why is this one that earned a point? I dunno. I hear bells ringing, see lights flashing, echoes of happy hours spent at (guess?) pinball machines. Cool shadings, sharp transitions, too. strikes a chord, somehow. Weeks later and I still enjoy looking at it in general and in specific elements. Yes, at least one point. int simon1, int simon2 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995137 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995141 Bugh (sic) pictures. I guess it's a natural urge to commit bugh photography. I succumb myself, from time to time, but I admit, unless the shots are technically outstanding ... I'll move on, if you don't mind. inter Frank ess 01 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995145 I like regularity, randomness, color, unsolveable mysteries (how much of that dull section up in the right is leaves from other plants, how much from the bearing plant, how much spider web, how much unidentified matter?) I'll take credit for r, r, and c, but no point. inter Frank ess 02 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995148 This guy is doing his last wheeze on the "shorty" antenna of my car, parked in the driveway of our home. My wife calls them "Mayates", her Spanish word for this (or a similar) bugh, which she and her playmates in the mountains of Chihuahua, Mexico, used to capture and fly like kites, with a piece of thread as line. The background is a car cover, the apparent fuzz balls are out-of-focus pieces of vegetable matter from eucalyptus trees, which are very nice for the twenty minutes a year they aren't dropping leaves, flowers, buds, bark, or branches. The camera is a sealed P&S, so cleaning the sensor isn't a likely occurrence. inter Frank ess 03 old http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995151 A bit of a tradition at the Coronado School Of The Arts at Coronado, California High School: Graphics Arts students present a tableau of their works, during graduation week. This is my granddaughter's work. She earned scholarships and prizes, and is now at university, presumably learning it takes more than talent to prosper. interesting CD Cooper http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995155 I feel very confident this is not going anywhere. I have an idea what it does, and might be able to name that tune. Interesting in an abstract, non-involving sense. interesting flea market choice2 Cooper http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995159 Bombarded by "stuff". George Carlin. If I were in the market for some African Stuff, I might spend more than a few seconds at this. Otherwise, too many daisies. si lunabella http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995162 Always a sucker for textures and contrasts, this creeps in on little flamingo (amputated) feet. I think it's the peach icecream vibes that touch the taste buds back in the corners of my mouth. Are these guys getting enough shrimp in their diet? Miss Victoria dominatrix http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/117003140 In my line of business I had some dealings with quite a few people who show the kind of weariness I sense in this lady's pose and expression. The interesting part is, to me, that she and they are/were not what they looked like, all the way through. I have forgotten what sage said it, but "A sign of maturity is the ability to be comfortable in multiple roles". I'd say she looks pretty comfortable, if tired. Choose content over "technical excellence", every time. Well depicted, as we always expect. SI int Alan Browne 1 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/117003142 Very polished, interesting like posed portraits, I don't see much life in it, but there's nothing wrong with that. Makes me want to rebel against the strictures of aspect ratio cropping. SI int Alan Browne 2 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/117003144 Must be the low angle of the sun, that not-white look of the white stuff, eh? I'm interested in how the painted line relates to the line where one kind of pavement ends and another begins. Generous Canada said, "Sure, we'll do the extra bit; might take a little stretching of the mix, though". SI int Alan Browne 3 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/117003146 Nice empty-chair feeling, with or without the line, or the story that makes it "interesting". interesting_Paul-Furman_2009-08-08-baca_0036228 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/117078181 The attack of the mutant rhubarb. Paul has this facility for getting your perception to proceed through space, and making it juke this way and that. Here's some sharp strands, some sharp splashes, some blurred and uncertain features, plenty to exercise your eyes and explainer mechanisms. Odd, but interesting. interesting_Paul-Furman_2009-08-13-shiprock_18_PBF7755 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/117078183 See what I mean about whipping your perceptual focus around? I have to admit to being a Shiprock fan, but a guitar isn't part of my stereotype of native American desert life. interesting_Paul-Furman_2009-08-15-area-51_0039518 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/117078184 I've done a good deal of traveling throughout the West, and seen thousands of acre-feet of this mirage water. Some of it is realistic enough to make you blink and blink and blink. Hard to nail down, well-captured here, and I think I will move on before the tumbleweeds dry out and begin motorvatin. -------- You'll realize from my comments that I pretty much view "technical excellence" as a bonus, not a requirement, or even a point of interest, sometimes. How do you get to MOMA? Content, content, content. I idolize the Three Tenors, but for meat on the bones, give me Joe Cocker or Chuck Berry (among others). Talking about the proffered works, rolling them around in my mouth, so to speak, has spurred me to make a couple of point awards I hadn't anticipated after first look: http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995097 TimConway3 old, and http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995112 Solomon Peachy 2 old each merit a point. That makes the sco "Eric Stevens Two, Bowser One, Tim Conway One, Solomon Peachy One, The Rest Of Us Zero". Maybe we'll try harder, next time? Or, as I advised many of my hypercritical clients, "Relax into your life, see its boundaries from a Navajo point of view, 'Walk In Beauty'". Thank you for your kind attention. -- Frank ess "Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I always think the chances of finding out what really is going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say 'Hang the sense of it' and just keep yourself occupied". -- Slartibartfast |
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Where was I? Oh, yeah, "Interesting" comments (long)
"Frank ess" wrote in message
... Just to inject a little (photographic) life into this political group, please find attached my obligatory commments on the entries in Mr Bowser's "Interesting" challenge. I say "obligatory" because it seems to me posting an entry into a Shoot-In commits one to pay attention to his own work, and to that of others, and to return the favor that the commitment implies others will grant him, as well. My tentative evaluation of the entire collection of images was, "Eric Stevens Two, Bowser One, The Rest Of US Zero. int bowser 1 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995118 Hey, it's recorded for posterity. Big. Steel. Dogs. What's not interesting about that? int bowser 2 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995126 Don't get me started on animal abuse, pretentiousness, arrogance, self-consciousness. But the dog seemed to like the custom-knit sweater... int bowser 3 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995131 Why is this one that earned a point? I dunno. I hear bells ringing, see lights flashing, echoes of happy hours spent at (guess?) pinball machines. Cool shadings, sharp transitions, too. strikes a chord, somehow. Weeks later and I still enjoy looking at it in general and in specific elements. Yes, at least one point. Ah. I love it. I don't care why I earned that point, but I'll take it. I don't get many, and can't afford to waste one. If I had been paying closer attention when shooting, I might have moved my feet, and my son's feet out of the frame. |
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Where was I? Oh, yeah, "Interesting" comments (long)
Frank ess wrote:
Just to inject a little (photographic) life into this political group, please find attached my obligatory commments on the entries in Mr Bowser's "Interesting" challenge. I say "obligatory" because it seems to me posting an entry into a Shoot-In commits one to pay attention to his own work, and to that of others, and to return the favor that the commitment implies others will grant him, as well. Thanks for your (frank) comments Frank g and interesting perspective on the set. That freshened my view of them. I get the point about content, though some of these are just technical geekoid interesting without any thoughts about fine art or the human condition. I agree my Nevada mirage shot is really not worth much more than: 'oh, that's what it looks like frozen & zoomed in', hmm... whatever... g. The other category for this mandate could've been called "weird", which is also interesting, maybe cheapened a bit by the cheap shot/shock factor but that can be done well too, sometimes. My tentative evaluation of the entire collection of images was, "Eric Stevens Two, Bowser One, The Rest Of US Zero. Ouch, I don't think we did that bad. It's interesting how we differ in our like or revulsion for some of these. inter Frank ess 01 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995145 I like regularity, randomness, color, unsolveable mysteries (how much of that dull section up in the right is leaves from other plants, how much from the bearing plant, how much spider web, how much unidentified matter?) I'll take credit for r, r, and c, but no point. Blech. Sorry, I do get the style and intent though, just this one doesn't work for me at all. inter Frank ess 02 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995148 This guy is doing his last wheeze on the "shorty" antenna of my car, This is quite a nice shot. inter Frank ess 03 old http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995151 A bit of a tradition at the Coronado School Of The Arts at Coronado, California High School: Graphics Arts students present a tableau of their works, during graduation week. This is my granddaughter's work. She earned scholarships and prizes, and is now at university, presumably learning it takes more than talent to prosper. Nah, you don't learn that in college. This got one of *my* stingy three points for the set, though others thought it was lame shrug. interesting_Paul-Furman_2009-08-08-baca_0036228 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/117078181 The attack of the mutant rhubarb. OK, yeah, this slips in on the 'weird' banner... willow roots in an alpine stream. interesting_Paul-Furman_2009-08-13-shiprock_18_PBF7755 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/117078183 See what I mean about whipping your perceptual focus around? I have to admit to being a Shiprock fan, but a guitar isn't part of my stereotype of native American desert life. Chucki Begay & the Mother Earth Blues Band... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_pfx1Mfqe0 they do some great renditions of BB King, Hendrix, Allman Brothers, etc but I ended up using an original of hers with more local flavor. interesting_Paul-Furman_2009-08-15-area-51_0039518 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/117078184 I think I will move on before the tumbleweeds.. Point taken, I appreciate the perspective. ...but for meat on the bones, give me Joe Cocker or Chuck Berry (among others). -- Paul Furman www.edgehill.net www.baynatives.com all google groups messages filtered due to spam |
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When is the next one due?
'Best of the month' as I recall... I'm guessing this Sunday morning? -- Paul Furman www.edgehill.net www.baynatives.com all google groups messages filtered due to spam |
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Where was I? Oh, yeah, "Interesting" comments (long)
"Paul Furman" wrote in message ... When is the next one due? 'Best of the month' as I recall... I'm guessing this Sunday morning? October 25th. I wanted everyone to have a chance at foliage pix. At least those of us in North America. Then we can settle in for a long winter's sleep. -- Paul Furman www.edgehill.net www.baynatives.com all google groups messages filtered due to spam |
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Bowser wrote:
"Paul Furman" wrote in message ... When is the next one due? 'Best of the month' as I recall... I'm guessing this Sunday morning? October 25th. I wanted everyone to have a chance at foliage pix. At least those of us in North America. Then we can settle in for a long winter's sleep. -- Paul Furman www.edgehill.net www.baynatives.com all google groups messages filtered due to spam I've got one. Let's go. Russell |
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Where was I? Oh, yeah, "Interesting" comments (long)
Interesting Bob Sosenko http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995051 I'm sorry if I have an insultingly short attention span. I'm interested in cars, but distanced by the air-brushed effect. Oh, says I, a racing Ferrari cockpit. (Looks like a MAD magazine illustration, eh?) Silver State? Frank, No air brush - HDR and the effect was used to get a nitty-gritty look. Hmmmm, no mention of my lighting and the diffuse interreflections....now that hurts. By the way, your sensor is in dire need of a cleaning - or is that bug droppings.....;-) Bob S. |
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Where was I? Oh, yeah, "Interesting" comments (long)
BobS wrote: Interesting Bob Sosenko http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995051 I'm sorry if I have an insultingly short attention span. I'm interested in cars, but distanced by the air-brushed effect. Oh, says I, a racing Ferrari cockpit. (Looks like a MAD magazine illustration, eh?) Silver State? Frank, No air brush - HDR and the effect was used to get a nitty-gritty look. Hmmmm, no mention of my lighting and the diffuse interreflections....now that hurts. By the way, your sensor is in dire need of a cleaning - or is that bug droppings.....;-) Bob S. Ferrari and "nitty-gritty", eh? I dunno ... The sensor is in a sealed P&S camera, Panasonic Lumix LX1. The fuzz balls behind the bug are out-of-focus eucalyptus tree droppings. I actually did clone out one that overlapped the antenna rod. It seemed distracting. I guess I should have swept all the diffuse detritus out of the picture. -- Frank ess Excited about the 12th of November at Petersen Automotive Museum: http://blogs.mustangmonthly.com/6544...-am/index.html |
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Where was I? Oh, yeah, "Interesting" comments (long)
Frank ess wrote:
snip int bowser 2 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995126 Don't get me started on animal abuse, pretentiousness, arrogance, self-consciousness. You don't know much about dogs, do you? I've never known a dog that didn't love to have its head in the slipstream. And speaking of pretentiousness--what a perfect example you created with your seemingly endless post! Allen |
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Where was I? Oh, yeah, "Interesting" comments (long)
"Allen" wrote in message ... Frank ess wrote: snip int bowser 2 http://www.pbase.com/shootin/image/116995126 Don't get me started on animal abuse, pretentiousness, arrogance, self-consciousness. You don't know much about dogs, do you? I've never known a dog that didn't love to have its head in the slipstream. And speaking of pretentiousness--what a perfect example you created with your seemingly endless post! Allen Thank you. It's a dirty job, but since there isn't a surfeit of volunteers, I accepted the challenge. Glad to see you appreciated it. Which of the uninteresting "Interesting" submissions was yours? None of them? Well, put up a URL and I'll do a definitely endful post about it. Fair? I know a good deal about dogs, and even more about how the laws of physics generate consequences to living beings' flesh envelopes in moving vehicle accidents. Someone is going to mention that it seems the dog is strapped to the lady. Even worse; not only does the dog get to leave its skin on the pavement, it gets squished. (Raspberry sound) -- Frank ess Qui me amat, amat et canem meam |
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