Slideshow Critique

Okay so more homework... I know I know.. I'll get to the good stuff soon... Halloween is coming up.. Anyway this time I had to find slide shows and galleries online and critique them.

The first is a Gallery by National Geographic that shows pictures of fall around the world. I believe this does a nice job as you can take your time to go through and read each description of where the picture was taken and the significance of it at your own pace without it automatically changing on you. Here is the link:
 http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/photos/autumn-colors/#/autumn-colors_27164_600x450.jpg.
The one downfall to this slideshow is it rounds back to the beginning and might get confusing if there were more pictures.

The second is a slideshow with sound, this is an audio slideshow called human planet on BBC New's website. It chronicles  people from all over the world while the audio track is the photographer discussing the pictures and why he took them. This type of slideshow is great for when you want to have a story told not by a distracting video that may take your viewers attention off of the story but still want to give a visual. Her is the Link:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-12618167

The final is a slideshow without sound, This was the most difficult to find in a specific news story but upon really thinking about it you see them all the time. They are at the top of most websites giving you the top stories of the day or giving you the program schedule for the night.
This is the link to CBS's homepage: http://www.cbs.com. The very top is a slideshow of their shows and when they are on. This is great for when you want to give the viewer a quick rundown of the big stories on your site in a quick way.

Though I don't believe any of these are a better form I believe they all thrive in there in way as I described in each critique. Though I don't believe slideshows without sound are often thought of as popular we do see them much more often than we think so don't be fooled into thinking the are the lesser of the three.