Car door shadows

[rogerxnz]

What do you really think of this one?
Roger

[wolfnowl]

I think it would be better without the plant on the right, but cropping wouldn't work because you'd lose the sickle shape in the upper right.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

I think it would be worth some time and effort spent trying to remove the plant via content-aware fill.

[francois]

I think it would be worth some time and effort spent trying to remove the plant via content-aware fill.

Me too. It would produce a cleaner/simpler image and also, more puzzling.

[rogerxnz]

Me too. It would produce a cleaner/simpler image and also, more puzzling.

I left the plant stalk in to help viewers understand what was creating the lower shadow! So, the image wasn't too puzzling.

Here is a version without the stalk.

I cannot decide if the image has any merit. What do you think?
Roger

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

I like the new version. A lot.

[francois]

I also prefer the new version and by far.

[Jim Pascoe]

I like the second version better but.......  I think because the LH side is out of focus it just looks like a mistake to me.  I like the feel, just not the execution as a photograph.

Jim

[rogerxnz]

I like the second version better but.......  I think because the LH side is out of focus it just looks like a mistake to me.  I like the feel, just not the execution as a photograph.

Jim

I made this image as I was returning from a workshop on impressionist photography (sometimes known as "fuzzy photos"). It was handheld at 1/4 second and the shadow on the LH side is soft because of the slow shutter speed/limited DOF and it is the moving shadow of a moving plant.

I also find it hard to like out-of-focus images and I find it weird to have scrapped together a 60MP outfit only to be deliberately making soft images. Old habits die hard!

Incidentally, here is the RAW image.

Thank you all for your helpful comments.
Roger

[shawnino]

I like the second one... interesting.