richard_arthur

I have to disagree with you. This IS a great photo! Thanks for sharing.

I have two comments. First, by giving this a title of "Lost in a Warming World", I get the feeling that you are trying to politicize this excellent nature photo. This is not a choice I would have made personally. I think it is somewhat dishonest since by your own admission the ice they're standing on was actually part of a miles-long ice field, and the ice was in fact especially abundant that year. Second, even though I don't really agree with the way you've tried to manipulate the viewer, I think you could have done it more effectively by cutting out the ice on the left side of the photo and moving the camera more to the right so that the ice they're standing on appears to be a tiny island in the middle of the sea with no other ice around. Also, from a compositional standpoint, it is somewhat bothersome that the right tip of the ice they're standing on is cut off.

Great photo, as already stated by others. I would suggest turning the yellow taxi in the background into black & white also to put the focus of attention solely on the taxi in the foreground which appears to be entering "into the darkness" as per the title of the photo.

Nice. Wow, found on the sidewalk, eh? I think it would be better if you cropped a little of the negative space from the bottom and right side. (5/6)

You need to somehow get a more harmonious composition among the three shapes. I'm not exactly sure how you would do it, but this one isn't optimal, IMHO. Excellent idea, though. Keep working at it. (No rating)

Nice. I would recommend cropping a little off the top. (5/6)

This is really too small to be able to judge. It appears as a tiny little square on my monitor.

When I first looked at this photo on Monday, I loved it. If I had posted a comment at that time, I would have raved about it, and said something like, "This comes very close to being a perfect example of the type of photography that I aspire to. It has it all: sense of place, graphic composition, social meaning, emotion, and more."

 

However, as the week has gone by, I must confess that I have grown tired of seeing this image on the home page. So while it had a strong impact on me initially, it hasn't held up well over just one short week in time. So I have to agree with the peeople who said this is not something they would like hanging on their wall.

 

Something about the color cast that many others have mentioned is bothersome, although I do think that it helps to set the mood and the sense of place. I get the feeling that there are some trees overhead that are causing that color cast.

 

And I have come to understand why some people are calling for part of the left to be cropped, although I would not crop it. I think the circuit-like appearance of the pipes gives the photo some of its meaning and also adds to the graphic appearance. The problem is that they add to one's initial impression of the photo, but after looking at it for a while, you begin to find them distracting from the main point of attention, the boy.

 

I am not a believer in the philosophy that every image must stand alone, and in fact, I believe quite the opposite: that many images work best as part of a series. So my solution to the cropping issue would be to not crop it, but to present this photo together with a closeup photo of only the boy and window. This photo would set the context, and the viewer could spend time looking at the other photo without the pipes and meters becoming a distraction.

Great photo! What city is this?

Excellent image showing how the H5N1 virus is spread to humans.

Highlights seem to be blown out. (Or is that white paint?) Maybe some sharpening would help.

Composition is very nice. I would like to rate it higher on aesthetics, but I feel the DOF is strange. Would like to see the flowers in the bottom right in focus.