Rocks & Swirls

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yes, another river shot.

-- Mike Green (mgprod@mindspring.com), April 18, 1999

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Well,

this isn't about the shot (I like it, but think it could be cropped more closely around the group of rocks)..

I hope the banner at the bottom of the page isn't typical of where photo.net is heading.

No, it's not advertising, but it's just as insidious.

duncan

-- Duncan McRae (duncanm@zip.com.au), April 18, 1999.


What banner? Are you seeing something I'm not? Mike

-- Mike Green (mgprod@mindspring.com), April 18, 1999.

Oops I didn't scroll down far enough; I see it. Somebody's screwing around with system to further their agenda. I don't like it either.

-- Mike Green (mgprod@mindspring.com), April 18, 1999.

I just want to comment on the photo. I really like it.

-- Kevin Ferris (KFerris575@aol.com), April 18, 1999.

Odd,

now, three hours later, the random banner of pithy quote + picture has vanished.

please ignore my insanity.

-- Duncan McRae (duncanm@zip.com.au), April 18, 1999.



Duncan,

It's not insanity (on your part anyway). I saw something here about homo vs. heterosexuality, and a picture from the Alaska Highway. I could care less about the text (evidently Phillip is more open, ahem, minded than me - or maybe he is just trying to increase his customer base), but I did want to read some of the signs in the picture. After I clicked on the picture and came back to the *image critique* I never saw it again.

Oh yeah, *image critique*, I agree about the crop.

Paul

-- Paul D Martinez (photozs@msn.com), April 19, 1999.


ok, I apologise, this is way off topic... please ignore if you like. (no doubt the maintainers will promptly nuke this as required)

The ads appear to be fairly random, every third or so refresh produces a random pithy quote + picture. 2/3 produce nothing.

I couldn't resist echoing one quote here...

quothe:

"Does the Web have to become ever-more commercial? Will the next generation only recognize the Internet when they can see a subscription fee and banner ads?

If you know a young person who has developed a tasteful non-commercial Web service, you could help that person win the $10,000 ArsDigita Prize. They'll also get to have lunch with the developer of the Internet Protocol (Dave Clark) and the developer of the Web (Tim Berners-Lee). "

Indeed! Certainly this development won't change their minds.

-- Duncan McRae (duncanm@zip.com.au), April 19, 1999.


It's too bad that mindless poliics have subverted discussion away from this wonderful image.

Nice work, Mike.

Keith

-- Keith Clark (ClarkPhotography@spiritone.com), April 19, 1999.


Phil talks about the banners here: http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=000jXL

-- Joe Perrigoue (Joe@supply.com), April 19, 1999.

That IS a nice picture!

And yes I'm experimenting with Web publishing; that's what this server is supposed to be for. If you don't like to be experimented on, download my software (it is free) and install it on a $1000 Pentium and run your own system!

What was the experiment in this case? My theory was that people who don't get upset by banner ads would be outraged by banner IDEAS. That ideas are really what upset people. And I was right!

-- Philip Greenspun (philg@mit.edu), April 19, 1999.



Phil,

I know I personally wasn't upset by the ideas presented. Some of them are fairly insightful. (Yes, there was a respondent that was upset with your ideas, and that's his perogative, I guess).

What *I* was upset about is the apparent trend of your wonderful site from what it is to just another place to bombard people with random messages, be they advertising or your personal opinions. I don't hate banner ads, but they are a pain in the arse. I don't hate your opinions (in fact I enjoy reading many of them), but I find it a pain in the arse when they pop up uninvited.

I guess it's the difference between active and passive information retrieval.

Again, apologies to the nature photogs, and especially Mike, for polluting the discussion of this very nice image. Mike, I hope you forgive me.

duncan

-- Duncan McRae (duncanm@zip.com.au), April 19, 1999.


Nothing to forgive Duncan. I suppose if it's Phil's ball, bat, and field, there's not a lot we can do except say goodby. It's a long life.

-- Mike Green (mgprod@mindspring.com), April 19, 1999.

Very nice shot. What aperature, speed and film did you use? I would have maybe tried to eliminate the far bank and come in a little closer, but thats a minor quibble. The top left rock looks like an alligator :)

-- Alex Corbishley (alexc@hooked.net), April 21, 1999.

Wonderful composition and exposure. I wonder what the shot would look like if taken from a higher angle, thus elimanating the far bank, which seems to degrade the flow feeling a bit?

-- Larry Korhnak (lvk@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu), April 22, 1999.

Great shot. I'd like to know the tech data, too. The water looks great. Very nice job!

-- Kirk Nelson (nelsonkk@gte.net), April 23, 1999.


Really nice Mike! There is a nice feeling of balance to the composition. The swirling water around the rocks in the foreground, that then flows into the lower left corner of the frame, has a great feeling of motion to it.

-- Barbara Kelly (kellys@alaska.net), April 24, 1999.

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