July 2010

COMMENTS:

Susan Davi	Glad you provided the original to see what you started from.  Very creative, I like the trees at the bottom to provide a sense of height.  I feel it is missing some dimension in the mid area around the rider.
Richard Harper	I admire your ingenuity.    For me, it’s a bit too light.  I would either darken it  a   tad to give it more punch, or even  replace the background with a color, perhaps blue, to make the image stand out.
Rick Cloran	This works well.  The basic photo was good.  I think your election to turn it into a sketch and add the trees at the bottom to provide a defined upward perspective for the viewer both add to the impact and interest of the image.  Well done.
Jim Mayo	Very nice treatment.  I like the trees at the bottom of the picture getting taller from right to left which makes the motorcyclist appear to go higher. It probably would be hard to tell this picture from a hand drawn one except for the loss of spokes in the wheels.
Chuck Mc Collom	This is a very good treatment of this subject.  Having the trees in the photo makes it more interesting - as if the cyclist is soaring above the trees.  Very nice.
Linda Speh	The original image is a good shot.  Love the sketch effect.  Adding the trees gave the image great perspective.  The rider appears to be really flying high.

Brian Magor, AFIAP

Retired in 2003 after 39 years teaching history and as a Deputy Headmaster in a Boys Grammar School. Had cameras in my youth, but have not really taken any pictures since the 70s - except to be told occasionally to take "holiday snaps" while my wife, who has been a photographer since childhood, took the serious photographs. Upon retirement took up photography - this time digital - working my way up from a pocket 1.2 megapixel camera, which I lost ski-ing somewhere in Finland, to a digital SLR - Canon 350D then a 400D. We share a Canon 100-400 USM Zoom lens. Joined Hoylake Photographic Society in the UK - now a club member of the PSA entering our first inter-club competitions this year. Started entering international competitions in 2007 & was amazed to find myself in the 2007 PSA Who's Who! We joined the PSA in 2009 and set ourselves a target to get 10 stars in our first year - We both gained AFIAP status this year, and have sufficient number of stars to get out PPSA this year