January Image - Fort Point Barrel

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 COMMENTS:
 

Jerry Appel	I like this image a lot. The colors are gentle, though the image is quite sharp, there is a gentle quality in the execution of the work. I think that you have been developing this style in recent times, I like it very much.
Bill Buchanan	I'm looking forward to exploring Fort Point. You have shown several interesting images from there. The HDR effect is very subtle here and it probably could stand more of the Grunge look for artistic purposes. I like the abstract appearance too. Overall the image has a lot of interest however I would tone down the concrete in the foreground by a bit of edge darkening.
Guy Davies	You have a knack of finding interesting objects to photograph that the rest of us would probably just pass by. The range of colours in this image is really quite amazing. There is the deep yellow of the upper wall and spiral staircase, the red of the lower wall, the blue, cyan and orange on the barrel and the blue/grey of the floor. The barrel is placed in a strong compositional position in the lower left, and the diagonal of the shadow takes the eye to the underside of the spiral staircase which then leads diagonally up to the top LH corner. I would, though, like to see just a little more contrast and brightness.
Karen Kotner	The color in this image is soft and very beautiful. I didn't guess that this was HDR and I think it accomplished what you set out to achieve without announcing "HDR" which I think is great. I like the placement of the barrel as well as the texture in the rest of the image.
Erik Rosengren	This HDR produced nice colors for the barrel stays. Floor shadow provides the leading line. Good overall color and composition.
Ann Schonlau	I like this HDR. Color, lighting and detail...all good. The subject is OK.

Member Bio

Joe Hearst - Biography I've been a photographer for about 60 years, but until about ten years ago I was shooting mostly record shots. I gave slides shows of my travels to friends at work, and showed a slide program on the Sierra every two weeks at John Muir's home. Everyone told me how wonderful my pictures were. Then my wife persuaded me to join a camera club and I soon realized how mediocre they were. I submitted as many images as possible for critique by the judges, and also sent pictures to the PSA Print of the Month (POM) contest where I could get more critiques. I guess the critiques have improved my photography because my work has been doing well at the camera club level and at county fairs. I was given the APSA at the 2007 Conference in Tucson and the PPSA at the 2009 Conference in Yellowstone. Articles of mine have been published in the 3/01, 11/02, 10/03, 6/04, 5/05, 1/06, 7/06, 1/07, 5/07, 3/08 8/08, 4/09, and 9/10 issues of PSA Journal, and two portfolios in the British magazine Digital Photo Art. Judges have been kind enough to select three of my images as PPD Print of the Month. I'm a member of the Contra Costa and Livermore Valley Camera Clubs, and am past President of the Northern California Council of Camera Clubs, and am now Chair of the Yerba Buena Chapter of PSA. . I'm also Director of the PSA Picture of the Month competition. I can be reached at joe @ jhearst.com(remove gaps before using) and my web site is jhearst.typepad.com