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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: BobDavid on November 17, 2015, 01:43:13 am

Title: Gene Roddenberry
Post by: BobDavid on November 17, 2015, 01:43:13 am
On my way to the beach tonight, listening to NPR, I heard a short bio on Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry. He did much more than create Star Trek. So I made this picture tonight. Though I am not a Trekkie, I am in  awe of what Gene accomplished, especially before he got caught up in Hollywood. It's worth taking a few minutes to look him up in Wikipedia.
Title: Re: Gene Roddenberry
Post by: BobDavid on November 18, 2015, 11:02:26 am
No comments?
Title: Re: Gene Roddenberry
Post by: graeme on November 18, 2015, 12:06:44 pm
Great image Bob. Thanks for posting it.

This is worth a read:

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Memories-William-Shatner/dp/0061664693/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1447866341&sr=1-1&keywords=star+trek+memories
Title: Re: Gene Roddenberry
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 18, 2015, 12:17:44 pm
My comment is that the image looks great as a thumbnail. The moment I opened it and saw the white dots and the red line, however... :)
Title: Re: Gene Roddenberry
Post by: stamper on November 19, 2015, 08:30:06 am
Quote from: BobDavid on November 18, 2015, 11:02:26 am
No comments?

I don't think you should "beg" for comments. If the members ignore it then just keep posting till a subject they like appears and then they will comment. I too liked the thumbnail ....but?
Title: Re: Gene Roddenberry
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 19, 2015, 08:54:35 am
And I'm still mulling it over, having looked at the thumbnail and the larger one about a dozen times.
Yes, the thumbnail is "classic BobDavid," but the enlarged version has much more going on. Is the straight line too hokey? I still haven't made up my mind.

Come back and see if I have a better response in another month or so.   ;)

Eric
Title: Re: Gene Roddenberry
Post by: BobDavid on November 19, 2015, 10:36:45 am
Quote from: stamper on November 19, 2015, 08:30:06 am
I don't think you should "beg" for comments. If the members ignore it then just keep posting till a subject they like appears and then they will comment. I too liked the thumbnail ....but?

I can see your point. ... I wanted to reach out and ask for feedback--wanted a critique. So I raised my hand again. Thumbnails, at least for me, are hard to gauge. 
Title: Re: Gene Roddenberry
Post by: BobDavid on November 19, 2015, 11:06:38 am
Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 19, 2015, 08:54:35 am
And I'm still mulling it over, having looked at the thumbnail and the larger one about a dozen times.
Yes, the thumbnail is "classic BobDavid," but the enlarged version has much more going on. Is the straight line too hokey? I still haven't made up my mind.

Come back and see if I have a better response in another month or so.   ;)

Eric

The straight line raises the "hokey" question to be sure. I wrestled with it and then decided to leave it in. Sure, it's an airplane--a thing in the sky. But over the course of a four-second exposure, it became a red line punctuated with regularly spaced white dots. ... Still pictures represent T and Z within the boundaries of X and Y. Weird.

Title: Re: Gene Roddenberry
Post by: AreBee on November 19, 2015, 11:14:41 am
Bob,

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