harry_akiyoshi

The exagerated perspective is interesting; it's the first thing one notices.

 

There's a lot going on here -- a lot of depth to the frame

The pose is fine. The light, I think, could be better. Her face ended up slightly underexposed, which isn't flattering to her complexion, and her arm, legs, and back are pretty bright.

 

This particular border effect doesn't seem especially well-suited to the photograph.

Quite striking -- very well done.

A good concept. However, I think that the many white spots on the water detract from the simplicity of the image.

I like it, but the wings of the other planes next to it are distracting, I think. There's either too much of them or too little.

 

An odd image. It looks as if quite a long lens was used -- one wonders if it might have looked more natural with a shorter focal length. It's kind of interesting as it is, with her legs growing out of her shoulders, but I'd be interested to see a version with a less compressed perspective.

The highlights look blown out, but curiously, they never reach an actual white, just a high-to-middling gray. This can actually cause a look of unshaprness -- your photographs will almost always look sharper if they're using the whole tonal range. I've attached a photoshopped version; usually I hate it when people do this, but it's probably the best way to make myself clear.

I think I'd like it in black and white. It's a very arresting image. I mean, as I'm going through the "Critique Photos" board, it makes me pause for a second and consider it, which is unusual. One can evaluate most photographs as derivations from a genre, but this one is difficult. It's not a sports photo, exactly. . . not photojournalism, as you haven't actually killed anyone yet and this isn't news. . . difficult. You do look quite homicidal, though.

Nice tone.

Nice. It reflects something of a 1920s modernist sensibility -- smooth tones and clean lines. . .

 

I like it. It reminds me of the science-fiction book jackets of decades past.

Great image. The grain is unfortunate, though.

The picture is actually a photograph of this tulip when it was younger.

It's a fine photograph, but I don't understand the accolades it's currently receiving. I find the perspective distracting and the subject clichéd. The light is nice and the colors are vivid, but I don't have much more to say for it.

Obvious, but well-executed.

What are you trying to say with this? I'd be more willing to accept its ugliness were it coupled to a motive.

I like the darkness on the left side. True, though, that it would be better in black and white. The picture itself has a video-like quality that I think is detrimental, but there's probably nothing to be done about it, given how cheap digitals deal with highlights.

Murky, but not moody; emotionless, but not abstract. Try to find better light.

A good photograph, but I wish I could see a better scan. From a 4x5 negative, I would guess that it must be much sharper than it looks here.

It has an interesting pictorial quality.

Awkward light. I'd rather have seen the diver in full silhouette. Not much you can do about that, though. . . I rather like the exposure as it stands.

Exposure is right on--I really like the look you've achieved. I can't help feeling that the blinds detract from the photograph, though; they really seem to complicate it unnecessarily.

Good exposure. It lends the castle a brooding quality. The composition is less than ideal--not your best. The color version works better, as the blue-grey of the sky helps to balance the photograph.

It would be nice if the photo has a little higher-contrast, or at least had a true black tone.