Everything about this article is farked up.

cuzsis: So, apparently red tide glows neon blue/green.

/who comes up with these names?

Well, a couple things - the color varies, but it's more commonly red hued - purple, pink and red. However, it can colored from blue to green hues.

It's called red tide more precisely because of the toxins released by the overblooming of the algae. Bird, fish and sea life dies from it or if they don't, they are contaminated with the toxins. Humans could die from eating some of the seafood that was harvested during or shortly after red tide. The neurotoxins released by the algae are very harmful.

TNel: Wow the most unimpressive pictures I have seen today. The boat picture is just horrible, colors are just blah. The shot of the parking lot at dusk is not impressive at all I don't understand why that's even listed in the group the tops of all the cars look like bad photoshops. The dusk over water shot has horrible color. 3 of the 8 pictures are just plain bad congrats your phone's camera sucks.

"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves."

- Brendan Behan

There were a few nice shots in there, but nothing great. I mean, if you compose correctly and you can guess what your metering is, you can take a great shot with your iPhone. I liked the snapshot of a sunset in Nantucket I took with my iPhone better than the one I took with my 5D Mk II, but that doesn't mean I am tossing away $7,000 worth of equipment.

TNel: Plus are your James Brunson?

puckrock2000: And we've just discovered iReporter James Brunson's FARK account.

I just don't like critics that don't offer constructive criticism, just destructive. They're more than useless.

Here, I'll criticize in a more useful way:

Image #2 shot could be more effective if the shot was a little bit higher where the cars are cropped out and there is more color play with more sky to see.

Image #4 - The moon is detracting from the shot and if it was blocked out, the bio luminance could be more effectively captured since there is a more contrast to the lighting. The moon washes out the entire picture.

Image #7 - If the shot was a bit lower, you could get a better conformity with the rooftops and snow in a more aligned plane of perspective. However, I think this shot is doomed anyways due to the fact that the sky is more gray, which doesn't help on the color punch.

Deconstructive criticism

madgonad: Those photos can be criticized at multiple levels.

First, they are technically terrible. Saturation levels and color balance are completely screwed-up. Maybe Apple thinks that people like pictures that 'pop', but the inaccuracies are just terrible. Also, I don't know whether to blame the iPhone or something done in post-processing, but those are examples of terrible JPEG compression algorithms.

Second, the composition is too snapshoty and the focus is flat on all of them. I saw some motion blur (not intentional) in several photos. No leading lines. The rule of thirds is pretty much ignored.

No, those are just 'interesting' snapshots because the content is unusual.

Now this is how you do criticism!

/ thank you! :)

Meh, these have nothing on the farktography crew.

Everyone who's been to Prague will have that exact same shot since it's taken from the park right next to the Presidential palace - a stop on most tours. The snow on the tiled roofs may be unusual for most North-Americans, but there's nothing particular about that picture.

Pictures from my EVO 4G (new window)

Those are, in my slightly biased opinion, at least as "stunning" as the two sunset pictures they posted. Can I be on CNN now or do I not count since I don't worship at the altar of apple?

iReporter Marcela took this in February 2010 as she stood next to Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic. She says, "We were vacationing and definitely recommend visiting during winter time because it's less crowded and the snow makes the city look a million times more beautiful."

It's mid-January right now... I would not recommend anyone visiting here until April or May. Most of the smaller castles are closed in the winter, plus you're missing the whole beer garden experience. Christmas can be nice, but cold. New Years is a farking mess.

The camera on my old Samsung Behold II took better photos than that.