EXPLANATION OF FORMATS

DATED CONTACT SHEET The contact sheet contains small versions of the pictures in that day's directory folder. If there are few pictures for that day, larger images may be shown. All pictures were taken on the date listed. Each picture links to a larger (640 x 480) version of the picture. The blue bar to the left of each row links to a page showing larger versions of that row. The colored area under each picture has either the title, or a series of check-boxes to rate the picture. Clicking on the title text or the "!" or "?" brings up a more detailed evaluation sheet for the picture. Similarly, clicking the number under the blue bar to the left of the row will bring up a detailed evaluation page for all the pictures in that row. The evaluation bar under untitled pictures has four, actually five options: X -- Delete, not worth the disk space (... Not checked, just another photo) a -- Art, has some artistic merit + -- Superior merit, better than mere art ! -- Wow! Among the few best ever taken A "?" after the title or instead of the "!" indicates that the 640x480 version is the largest size available. This is usually because the picture was not important enough to retain the full sized original. Documentary photographs of advertisements, car odometers, pump displays, receipts, etc. generally don't require full sized orignials. The classification of each picture is shown as the color below the picture. Blue -- General use / unclassified Gray -- Suitable as a background Purple -- Artistic merit Green -- Possible commercial merit Rust -- Documentation. Please DO rate these photographs! Click on the SUBMIT or LOG button at the bottom of the set of pictures to submit your opinion. We do want your opinion! A calibration box shows red, green, blue, and yellow (red+green) color boxes plus white to dark gray set on a pure black background. The darkest square should be distinct from the black background of the box. A search box near the bottom provides a means of searching the photo archive. The two gray columns on the left and right of the date provide a means of quickly moving to adjacent dates. Some contact sheets, these with an "EVAL" link on the upper right, link a larger index files which contain multiple 640x480 pictures with detailed evaluation pages. Depending upon connection rates, this may or may not be advisable.

EVALUATION (vertical) CONTACT SHEET Most of the index page or pages for a given date repeat some form of the elements below for every picture taken (and retained) that date. If there are more than 50 images on the large EVAL page, the evaluation form may have too many elements to work on all browsers. The index listings refer to similar pages having larger images and the equivalent of a detailed rating page for each image. pict5750.jpg 2004:07:09-18:28:32 pict5750.jpg Dog DEL Good WoW! DOC Art Bkg JVV AB BB Cat: PICTURE BLOCK This is an unmarked box containing the picture and some camera generated technical data. The Picture The picture is usually a highly compressed smaller version of the actual picture. (Except Folders below 80) If available, the picture links to a larger version of the original with additional evaluation forms. That picture in turn links to the full sized original. Click on the picture to see a 640 x 480 version. Folders below 80 contain a series of larger photos. The "V" series of photos, taken by the 007 Pen Camera are of such poor quality they are usually not further compressed, and may be shown at whatever size they were taken at. File Availability pict5776 -- The file name of the actual picture, usually a sequence number assigned by the camera when the picture was taken. MSF -- Sizes the picture is available in. M for margin sized, S = screen 640x480, and F for "full sized" raw image. Technical Data 2004:07:09-18:28:32 -- Date and time code from the camera, if available. Year:Month:Date- Hour:minute:second. Not always accurate due to Daylight Savings time changes and camera drift. Usually correct to within and hour and some minutes. EVALUATION BLOCK The marked and sectioned blue box is used as a preliminary means of screening, deleting, and categorizing photos. The input is stored in a data file and used to generate labels, purge photos, etc. when the directory is reprocessed. Other pages may contain more detailed evaluation blocks. Top Row -- What This Is pict5776.jpg -- The file name of the picture is sometimes repeated. Dog -- Categories and words to find this and similar photos, if assigned. May include a title, or may just be a few words to search for similar pictures with. The photo search engine, available from most photo pages, will evaluate these words. Second Row -- Quality DEL -- "Radio Button" to delete the photo. Deletions are processed whenever the index for that directory is reprocessed to reflect changes. GOOD -- "Radio Button" to flag photo as having high merit, worth listing under "good" in the main index page. WOW -- "Radio Button" to flag photo as having exceptional merit, worth listing under "WOW" in the main index page. "WOW" photos are often selected for the "Picture of the Day" at Mall-Net Third Row -- Categorization The rough categories Documentation, Art, and Background (BKG) serve to help sort the pictures. They are not always used... DOC -- "Radio Button" to flag a photo as documenting something. For example, photos of my odometer and gas pumps are used to document gasoline consumption. Photos of ads serve instead of taking notes of what is on a bulletin board. Some photos of my camp are used to document changes. DOC photos are restricted and will not show on the more public pages. Art -- "Radio Button" to flag photo as having some artistic merit as opposed to being retained (or tolerated) solely for documentary purposes. "Art" is a larger category including "Good" and "WoW". BKG -- "Radio Button" to flag photo being useful as a background for web use, such as in the left column of one of my camping pages. Backgrounds are usually textures used to set a space or hint at a mood. They often include such repetitive items as sand, gravel, bark, leaves, pine needles, etc. Fourth Row -- Photographer JVV -- "Radio Button" to flag photo being mine. It's the default, so it isn't used. AB -- "Radio Button" to flag photo being taken by Audie Burrel. Audie has, on some rare occasions used my camera. Sometimes as I am driving him to school or shopping, when sees something particularly interesting he may pick up the camera and take a picture. BB -- "Radio Button" to flag photo being made by Barry Burrel. If I am busy driving, I may ask Barry to try to take a photo for me of something interesting. Fifth Row -- Categories Words which can be used as search categories to find this picture. Sometimes they may resemble a title; but that is not their primary intent.

Rating Page Picture Rating Box Many photos are flagged as DOC for documentary or BKG for background, and really don't need to be rated in detail. For those that do, this is the form. Comp 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 DEL Drama 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 DEL Tech 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 DEL SIZE 1040 S-640 B-480 Q-320 M-100 I-050 QUAL % 50 20 10 5 DISP Thtml camp crop ftp1 ftp2 indexEhtml indexhtml today xgimp Help COMP - Composition On a scale from zero at the worst, to nine at the best, how would you rate the composition of this photograph. Drama On a scale from zero at the worst, to nine at the best, how would you rate the dramatic impact of this photo, if any. Tech On a scale from zero at the worst, to nine at the best, how well the technical aspects of the picture support the the photograph. Effective use of focus (and blur), contrast, framing, and such should be considered. SIZE, QUAL, DISP These are for internal use only. Do not check them. They are used to create copies for use elsewhere.. Title Box Title: Categories: Comment: Flaws: Critique: Discussion:    Title Can you think of a good title for this picture? Categories Which single word would you expect to find this picture under? If there are more than one possible words to file it under, list them. Comment Photographer's comment on the picture Flaws List the specific things you see that are wrong with this picture Critique In general, what do you think is wrong with this picture? Why did you think it deserved a lower score? Discussion What improvements or alternatives would you suggest for this picture or for taking pictures of this subject?