Critiques

geist_21 (652) 2009-08-18 4:40

I have a weakness over caligraphy and street caligraphy is no exception. Beijing is a priviledge place for it, since it seems pretty easy to find it in several parks and even in some tourist attractions such as in Beihai Park or in the Summer Palace.

Regarding this photo, it is a very interesting perspective, although we don't see the kid's expression we may easily find his interest. However, and that is why I only give one point, is the appearance of a bit of a foot in the right down corner and the feather ball (i don't know how is it called in English) cropped in half on the left side. For the rest, it is a quite nice shot

geist_21 (652) 2009-05-24 22:15

I congratulate you for this photo, I already tried a similar one (if not mistaken in Yu Yuan in Shanghai) and didn't manage such good effect due to the lack of light.

It makes it somewhat abstract, with the spiral wave of repeated pattern

geist_21 (652) 2009-05-24 22:12

I am surprised this photo didn't get more attention, as you got a great light in this classic view of Zhouzhuang.

I like especially the reflection on the water and the detail of the red lanterns on the top right. I bet it was a difficult shot to keep the balance between the colours in the foreground and the rising sunlight in the background, but on my view you succeed it.

As a final detail, please not that Zhouzhuang is not part of Shanghai, as you place it here, but it belongs to Jiangsu Province.

geist_21 (652) 2009-01-31 1:59

Very good choice of B&W, look like an old photo, and you played well with the light. I like specially his somewhat absent expression, seeming not so concentrated in what is in front of him but with his look lost somewhere

geist_21 (652) 2009-01-31 1:57

I like the somewhat tw levels on this photo made by the shelf, and the elements in the background (both the objects and the guy standing up) that makes us imagine a story for it

geist_21 (652) 2009-01-31 1:54

Your friend is right by asking you to put this photo on TE, I like specially the colour symmetry of the white snow on the bottom and the white cloud on the top, with some blue sky in between

geist_21 (652) 2009-01-31 1:53

Great POV and dynamic photo, I would just saturate it a bit more, although like that looks pretty natural.

Just as a curiosity, why your choice for exposure of 1/5? I guess with the speed of the train you could allow a faster shutter speed, and let the train look sharper on the photo

geist_21 (652) 2009-01-31 1:50

I like this shot, you made a quite large close up here, what I found a bit bold (I would perhaps zoom out a bit to show more of the surrounding) but works well this way too. Sometimes what the hands/fingersshow is more than what a larger image may show

geist_21 (652) 2009-01-29 3:16

Very interesting to find this shot, lately I have also been trying to take some shot of Chinese chess theme.

I like this framing you did here, you placed yourself as an observer, and captured nicely the spectators, players and the game itself.

The only negative note I have to point here is about the slight noise in the photo, according the photo info you plubished here, you used an ISO 1600, and usually that is not the best for this kind of shots

geist_21 (652) 2009-01-29 3:12

Very nice reflexion, I wonder how you managed such a clear image on a small pond (what I guess this is).

Well saturated and sharp