david_eppstein

January 27, 2003

I like the large amount of foreground space but I think the boundary between foreground and trees is too close to the center.

January 27, 2003

The composition leads the eye along the path very beautifully. Lighting is a bit dull, though.

January 27, 2003

Nice contrasty lighting. Hard to tell what is going on here, though.

January 27, 2003

Too posed to affect me much. The only point of interest is the tongue piercing and that isn't so unusual these days.

January 27, 2003

Nice shot, the change in color on the left almost makes it look like the metal is washing off leaving a real person beneath. Re your question on the chin drop, I'd leave it on, it adds to the wet feel and isn't a big distraction.

January 27, 2003

Doesn't give me much strategic feel for the game (partly because I can't see the orientation of the pieces in relation to the corner), but there is still some tension from the opposing pieces. Makes a nice abstract, I like the placement of the grid, pieces, and shadows within the frame.

January 27, 2003

Too obviously flashed (especially because of the visible shadow on the background rocks). Awkward pose, busy and very artificial-looking background.

January 27, 2003

Busy background, but I like the light and the feeling of motion given by the tight crop.

January 27, 2003

Generic pet snapshot -- cute, but of no special quality beyond that.

January 27, 2003

The placement of the only red color, "business hours", so close to her hips, is a little unfortunate unless it was deliberate. Composition seems a little unbalanced, too little going on in the upper right.

January 27, 2003

Too obviously flashed, no eye contact.

January 27, 2003

Nice use of selective focus. Doesn't do much for me as a photograph, though.

January 27, 2003

Good evocation of sun melting the frost. The purple-green flare in upper right is a minor flaw.

January 27, 2003

A little dark and uncontrasty. Not sure I care for the almost-square composition. Good eye contact, though...

January 22, 2003

This looks like the sort of family snapshot that shouldn't be listed for critique. But since it is: there would be a much stronger connection to the figures in the photo if they were facing towards the camera instead of away from it, and it would also be better for them to be off-center but moving towards the center instead of already centered. The most prominent background feature is a big tree dead center; off center would again be better (preferably not lined up with the figures).

January 22, 2003

The small difficult to make out shapes on the horizon are what makes this interesting to me. The flatness of the cloud shapes and brightness to the left of the shapes seem designed to lead the eye to their location.

January 22, 2003

The humans in the shot are too disconnected from the photographer, all that's left of interest is the url.

January 21, 2003

This was cut down from a more snapshotty photo from a nature hike,

showing the two kids with scenery in background. The tight crop and

wide angle distortion gives me the feeling of two drama masks (you

know, one smiling and one frowning -- Genevieve isn't really frowning

but her face is more serious). What do you think?

January 20, 2003

Light is drabber than the Adams you're imitating, and the more spindly and central tree in the foreground (compared to Adams' two in the lower right) also isn't an improvement.

January 18, 2003

I like the way the light forms the shape of a hand holding the mask. Maybe a bit too much negative space, though.

January 18, 2003

I hadn't realized such pure fractals existed in nature. Very nice.

Added June 3 '03: I got some email today from Ed Pegg (a recreational math fan) telling me this stuff is called "Broccoli Romanesco". If you search for that phrase on Google you can find more photos of it, but none as good as this one.

January 18, 2003

I don't think the centered horizon is helpful here, and the little bit of trunk in the top left is distracting.

January 18, 2003

Too dark. Shot into the sun this gives a very unrealistic effect, and although it does make the clouds more dramatic it also takes away from the foreground.