tom_appel

January 17, 2009

Outstanding! Did you wait for this to happen, or did you just see it the instant it happened? Great catch. Nice eye, my friend.

January 9, 2009

Sorry about the second note. Here's a really surrealist thought: since your attempt here was to disorient, perhaps "Upright Lights" was too obvious a name. "Floaters" might have been a fun moniker.

January 9, 2009

Did you play with cropping this image? It might have fun to focus more on the orbs and lose a little of the space on top. Still, this image is lots of fun. Nice job.

January 6, 2009

This is wonderful. The more I look at it the more I appreciate how the ceiling anchors the image, drawing you into the staircase. The color is great, too.

September 24, 2008

I really like the color.

September 24, 2008

Wonderful. I would like a little more space on top, I think the star is a little crowded. But the light is perfect and the reflection appropriately subtle.

Nice.

July 25, 2008

I like the composition here. I like how things grow paler as you move up the image. Cool shot.

July 25, 2008

I like this shot a lot. Good time of day to catch this structure. A couple of thoughts: The vertical white structure on the right--probably a building next door--is a distraction. It is the brightest element of this shot and pulls the eye off the subject. Also, if there's anything you can do to ratchet up the contrast a bit, I would do it. Nice shot.

July 25, 2008

This is wonderful! Wouldn't change anything. Serious, great job.

July 22, 2008

Nice treatment of a classic icon. Funny, I just did the Bentley badge:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?topic_id=1481&msg_id=00PyjB&photo_id=7459502&photo_sel_index=0

Please check it out.

July 18, 2008

There's a lot to like here. The color and light give this a playful feel, which works well with a kid goofing around. I really like the composition, too, with the sky and the moon offsetting the action nicely. It sucks looking at this image from a 12' by 12' office with a limited view of an industrial park.

June 27, 2008

Great shot. I might have cropped more or none of the woman on the right, now it just seems like a wee bit of her is missing.

The two girls in the back with the camera are a nice touch.

June 27, 2008

Like a Grant Wood painting with a bit more soul. Very compelling. The light is fabulous.

June 27, 2008

Bentley Badge

June 24, 2008

It's the framing that makes this so effective. Stark, almost brutal, yet very appealing. Nice.

June 13, 2008

Her sense of isolation seems at odds with the cheery colors. I like the tension. Very nice.

June 11, 2008

There's lotsa honest grit here. Really a nice exercise in texture and contrast. Very nice.

June 3, 2008

Arcs intersecting arcs. Really strong composition. Great image.

May 9, 2008

Subject is nicely framed by very interesting building facade. A very nice catch. Subject seems a little softly focused, though.

May 1, 2008

Good light and nice cropping. I get a good sense of this kid's fatigue/frustration.

May 1, 2008

This is one of those "you had to be there" kinda shots. I imagine that if I knew these people I would love this photograph. Not knowing them, all I focus on is the hot spots in the shirt and on this guy's glasses. The timing, obviously, is perfect.