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| Ruth Rittichier | I
like the symbology of your image.
Although I
don't care for the plastic flowers,I can see that they are probably
one of the symbols. You did an excellent job of "engraving" the
tombstone. |
| Warren Davis | Vacation |
| Phillipa Frederiksen | I
agree with the title! I’m hoping
for a better 2012! You image has been constructed very well and tells
us a story. I like the composition and one day I will take the time to
learn “Content aware”….hopefully soon. |
| Anna Goodchild | I
think the cultural background is very
important in the appreciation of this image. The tombstone might seem
anachronistic but it brings the message home very powerfully in this
instance. The deadness of the leaves and the springing up of the green
shoots gives the image a sense of hope. The name, Ernest, is another
detail which adds interest to the composition. I find the technical
treatment very competent and effective. |
| Hillary Morin | Nicely
thought out and well composited
technically. That said, the flowers seem too bright, however, for the
sombre mood of death & decay (autumn leaves etc) so I wonder if
the
image would be
more harmonious if the flowers looked
faded.
Another idea would be to present this in sepia tones or with a
vintage-look. You might even use a broken edge as a frame. I see lots
of possibilites for this arrangement. |
| Peter Rowley | It works well to change the scale and
context, and therefore the meaning. The leaves act as reference, for
the size of cross and flowers. Transferring the tombstone reduces the
scale to the same. Thus the tomb becomes symbolic, especially with the
generic inscription. |
| Laurie Thompson | |
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Biography My first job was in the art department of a printing company in New Jersey. We printed job printing and weekly newspapers. I became the art director of the offset composition department and stayed many years. Offset printing was new and typesetting was done either using “hot type” or machines that punched a paper tape or one that required the operator to type twice for justified type - Headline type was set in one specified size on a photo processing machine using a paper tape. Photos were reshot applying a dot pattern for printing on a press. All this was assembled by hand in my department into a “paste-up” that was photographed to create the negative that was used as a mask of sorts to make the printing plate. Years later, after becoming a free-lance photographer for product and stock photography, I encountered Photoshop and felt that I had discovered MAGIC! I was hooked. After learning version 3.0, I began to teach classes at the Sarasota County Technical Institute in Sarasota, Fl, where I was living. My interest turned to restoring photographs and creating photo montages. I was a featured artist in Katrin Eismann’s first two Photoshop Restoration and Retouching books. During those years I was also an active member of several camera clubs and was, for a time, president of the Montclair Camera Guild in New Jersey. I feel that being a competing member of a PSA photo club helped me to learn to be a better photographer. Following PSA guidelines and paying attention to the judging rules is incredibly self educational. My current interest is using my photographs and scans to create photo montages using Photoshop and Painter. The montage allows me to be both photographer and artist by creating an image that does not exist in reality. Mike and I live in New Orleans where photo ops are unending and belong to the Greater New Orleans Photographic Society. Write: EmailToLaurie@aol.com Website: www.imaginationStudio.com |
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