Ken You've pretty much summed up my reactions as well, and my wife Margaret also commented on the standard of Doug's preface.
The layout and format of the book is just about perfect, although I agree a slightly larger font would be appreciated by my aging eyes. There are perhaps half a dozen pages where I think the backgrounds are slightly distracting but in most cases they work extremely well. I dip's me lid to Mark and his co-conspirators and a job superbly done. It's very difficult to select favourites but Christine's 'Akira' is certainly up there. Christine's 'Chicago Fog' was also my favourite in 2008-09, so it's about time she stopped showing us up. :-) I wish I'd taken Jack's 'Winter Grace' - a wonderfully simple but perfect composition. Others that I particularly enjoyed were Toine's 'Bokeh Baby' (another beautiful and simple composition), Ken's 'Ice Flower', Bong's 'Color Pencil Blooms', Ann's 'Red Door', Jaume's 'Monastery Visitors' and, and,....and.... This is a book that I'm going to enjoy immensely over the coming months. Well done all!! Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:14 -0400, [email protected] wrote: > Have reviewed the annual several time since I received it, and have come > up > with several observations > > * Another great job by Mark - your organizational and stylistic abilities > are wonderful - thank you very much for the effort (and the efforts of > Doug > Brewer, Scott Loveless, Bill Robb & Miscrere). > > As I paged thu the latest edition several things jumped out at me (and my > wife - French) > Doug Brewer is a very good writer - his foreword is priceless, even for a > non photographer - my wife. > > While all of the images are very well done I'd like to point out my > reactions to some that really caught my eye: > > 'My nephew, Akira' by Christine Aguila - absolutely the best in the book, > IMO, the subject and execution are stunning - you should be very proud of > it > Christine. > > Notables & why I thought so - > 'Eighteen Below on the Salmon River by Thomas Cakalic - subject and > composition > > 'Winter's Grace' by Jack Davis - simplicity, subject and execution > > 'The Red Door' by Ann Sanfedele - symmetry and composition > > 'From Across +3' by Fernando Terrazzino - subject, composition and > lighting > > 'Looking for Another Wave' by Brian Walters - subject and composition > > 'Jetty Dreams' by Bruce Walker - composition, subject and light > > 'Turbofan' by Bong Manayon - subject and composition > > 'Ruby Red' by Brendan MacRae - subject and composition > > 'Third Snow this Winter's by Ann Sanfedele - execution, subject and > composition > > 'The Monument' by Buylent Celasun - Subject and execution > > 'Love' by Tanya Love - subject and execution > > 'Lead Sled' by Paul Stenquist - what can I say I'm a sucker for a good > car > image, especially a Ford > > 'Winter Beach' by Carl Gjersem - composition and lighting > > > I agree with Bill Robb, the quotation list seemed a little forced as if > people were purposefully wording things to be included in the annual > list. > > If there was one thing I'd change in the 2011 Annual it would be the size > of > the font - I find it a little hard to read with my old eyes! > > YMMV > > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > > -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
