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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: batmura on November 15, 2013, 04:56:00 pm

Title: Which one? Why?
Post by: batmura on November 15, 2013, 04:56:00 pm

#1
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3769/10875978494_420da2a961_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/batmura/10875978494/)
Akcakese 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/batmura/10875978494/) by batmura (http://www.flickr.com/people/batmura/), on Flickr

#2
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5508/10875878146_8bc45fe430_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/batmura/10875878146/)
Akcakese 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/batmura/10875878146/) by batmura (http://www.flickr.com/people/batmura/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Which one? Why?
Post by: northern chris on November 16, 2013, 09:10:17 am

Initially I selected #1 but then selected #2 after studying them a bit more.  #2 has a more stable but static composition but that seems to match the "floating in the clouds" sense of the rocks.  The foreground also supports the distant "island".  My 2 cents.

Title: Re: Which one? Why?
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 16, 2013, 12:04:00 pm

I agree. The second works best for me.

Title: Re: Which one? Why?
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on November 16, 2013, 12:07:06 pm

#2:
Better toning, better foreground

Title: Re: Which one? Why?
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on November 17, 2013, 04:45:32 am

The second is a better shot, but if I were going through a miserable phase, I'd probably prefer the first. I like things - music, photographs, whatever - that match my moods.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Which one? Why?
Post by: BAB on November 21, 2013, 03:59:03 pm

Really interesting concept, I like both images however the toning on the first image is flat for me. I would like to see some better composition neither image works in my mind as perfect. If the three rocks in the middle could be framed of center that starts to get my attention. I love the effort though.

 

Title: Re: Which one? Why?
Post by: williamd on December 18, 2013, 05:01:49 pm

I actually prefer the first shot. Looks like a landscape from a far off planet. Everything looks as if it belongs. We'll balanced. Moody. No.2 the rocks at the top look detached from the scene, like they're on top of a cloud.

Title: Re: Which one? Why?
Post by: Lightsmith on December 19, 2013, 02:53:53 pm

Number 1 looks real. Number 2 looks like a post processed image, in particular with the hard cutoff between the water and the sky. No detail in the middle ground with the second image and for a scene like this to work the foreground, middle ground, and background should be able to pull the viewers eyes through the scene.