On May 7, 8:45=A0am, Stuffed Crust <pi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> jimkramer <Newsread...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >http://www.pbase.com/shootin/pov
>
> Blame me for the mandate, folks. =A0It's sad that I didn't submit
anything=
> (I have got to get me a set of extension tubes). =A0I'll have to make up
> for it in critiques. =A0(Naturally, the results are posted when I go off
> for a camping trip...)
>
> So, given that it was my mandate suggestion, one would think I had a
> clue what I had in mind? =A0Pshaw! =A0Original thoughts are for wusses!
>
> Tully - Cute Doggy Award! You got down to its level, but I think it
> might have worked better had you tilted the camera upwards a tad, or
> taken a photo of somoene handing you a bone. =A0But that would be a
> totally different photo. =A0So ignore me.
>
> Alienjones - Corrupted Youth Award! =A0One has to wonder how many
leagues
> that fair maiden has watched slide by as she yearns for freedom. =A0
> Personally I'd loved to have a shot from beneath her, looking upwards,
> form the POV of the ocean being cleaved by her mighty um, cleavage.
=A0But=
> that too would be totally different. =A0So ignore me.
>
> Bowser - Live Free or Die Award! =A0If only there was more of a sense of
> motion. =A0And a mermaid on point. =A0But then you'd probably ignore the
> road. =A0And me. =A0(This is perhaps the closest to my original idea for
t=
he
> mandate.)
>
> Tom Gabriel - Downtrodden M***** Award! =A0You demonstrate that life
> really is rather boring, despite what the liberal elite media overlords
> that run the shoot-in (and their co-consiprators) want you to think. =A0
> You showed them! =A0Now take this tinfoil hat and ignore me.
>
> Ken Nadvornik - Color-blind Commie Award! =A0How dare you give hope to
our=
> enemies by showing our them that our imperialist capitalist system is
> fundamentally corrupt and unustainable. =A0In all seriousness, a bit
> of spot color would have really increased the punch here, especially if
> the flag is as faded as it appears to be. =A0IMNSHO, naturally, so
ignore
> me.
>
> Wilba - You-saved-my-kitty Award! =A0 Or maybe it's the Self-****trait
> #212.4 Award. =A0I'm up a tree and confused. =A0So ignore me.
>
> Paul Furman - On Eagles Wings Award! =A0About to pounce on a pixel-sized
> jackrabbit. =A0Perhaps the cleanest commercial airliner window I've ever
> seen. =A0With such pretty scenery, you'd have to be crazy to not ignore
> me.
>
> Rich Pos - The Shaken, not-stirred Award! =A0I like the lighting and
> general feel here. =A0I can't help but think that a top-down view of the
> martini (grasped by a hand clad in fire-engine-red nails) wouldn't have
> been cooler, but I've been declared officially un-cool, so my opinions
> are ignored anyway.
>
> Doug Jewell - The I-don't-know-anything-about-art Award! =A0If someone
> paid for the um, illustrations, then it's art. =A0The punchy colors are
in=
> stark contrast with what feels to be a very depressing place. =A0But
since=
> when have art critics been worthy of not ignoring?
>
> Walter Banks - The where-are-my-gl***** Award! =A0- I can't seem to get
a
> feel for the depth or even a sense of scale. =A0It's actually giving me
a
> bit of a headache to look at it, so I'm going to ignore it.
> (I really liked the linked photo though...)
>
> Jim Kramer - The 'mmm, tasty...' Award! - Another image that I think
> could have benefitted from a spot of color (this time, in the eyes).
=A0I
> just can't get my cats to stay still when I stick a camera near their
> faces, so my hat's off to you. =A0Now if only it had a feather sticking
> out of its mouth or something. =A0But that too would be totally
different
> so feel free to ignore me.
>
> Helen Silverberg - The 'how does she do it?' Award - Once again, she
> manages to punch us in the gut yet feel grateful for her doing it,
> stealing the show yet again. =A0If you ignore me here, you're a
heartless
> commie bastard. =A0 I'm still in awe.
>
> Bret Douglas - The "We control the horizontal" award - I just can't
> figure out the perspective or even what this is, so I ended up cheating.
=
=A0
> And I still don't get it. =A0Quite an accomplishment. =A0No color needed
> here, unless it's the blood of your enemies, trickling through the slats
> as their bodies are shredded further with each step. =A0But I cheated,
so
> ignore me.
>
> What, you got this far? =A0I thought I told you to ignore me?
>
> =A0- Solomon
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LOL...that's Sol for your critique. It made me smile.
Helen
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