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05/25/2004 12:57:21 PM · #1 |
After seeing the results for my centered entry I wish I would have gone with my other version of the shot. But oh well, you lose some and you lose some more.
Here is the one I entered,
I had this crazy idea that the tight crop would lead one to believe that the orange was being squeezed, causing the drop to form. Boy was I wrong.
Here is the one that I now whish I would have gone with,
I just like it better and feel it met the challenge better. So why didn't I enter it in the first place? Because I not very smart sometimes.
Please any thoughts on this would be appreciated. And do you think the second image would have done better?
Thanks in advance for any feedback. |
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05/25/2004 01:01:40 PM · #2 |
Nick your right...that captured drop is an eye catcher!! I would of voted it higher. The first one was busy reflection, water and the crop bothered me a bit.
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05/25/2004 01:05:07 PM · #3 |
| I love the detail in the orange in the second shot. The starbursts on the drop are a nice touch. I like the first one as well, but the tight crop definitely detracts from the photo. A square composition with the orange slice centered might have a more pleasing symmetry to it. I can't say which one would have scored higher, but my vote would probably be 1 or 2 points higher for the second. |
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05/25/2004 01:14:15 PM · #4 |
| After seeing your second shot, well that's a no brainer. I would have gone 2 marks higher. The center of focus is the drop, not being distracted by the 'interesting' crop of the first one. |
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05/25/2004 01:28:20 PM · #5 |
| The second shot is much better - the drop is the center of attention and at the center of the shot. The little starburst is also so much more noticeable. |
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05/25/2004 01:39:15 PM · #6 |
Agreed second shot just too much going on in the first, if you could have gotten a section with out seeds it would have been even cleaner and the drop would have jumped more.
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05/25/2004 01:39:56 PM · #7 |
Thanks for the thoughts.
Yea, I knew I should have not got creative. Maybe next time I have this situation I will go with the one I like better.
Stupid, Stupid, Stupid(smacking fore head while saying)=) |
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05/25/2004 01:42:06 PM · #8 |
That's a toughie. I like the first one but for more of the water/ice/spritz thing at the bottom that makes me think action and fresh. I like the second one for the close crop and the detail in the drop. If looking at both as which one would I have scored higher in the center composition challenge it would have been the second one.
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05/25/2004 01:44:45 PM · #9 |
| i gave the original a 6, would have given the second one an 8 |
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05/25/2004 01:45:19 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by G4Ds:
Stupid, Stupid, Stupid(smacking fore head while saying)=) |
You are being MUCH too hard on yourself! Everyone makes this kind of wrong decision all the time. In Centered I think my out take would have scored way better than the one I did enter. I really couldn't decide so I asked my husband which one he liked better and entered the one the picked. At least, now, I can BLAME him!:) He's an engineer with a personality very much like Mr. Spock - should have known better. |
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05/25/2004 01:54:43 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by G4Ds:
Thanks for the thoughts.
Yea, I knew I should have not got creative. Maybe next time I have this situation I will go with the one I like better.
Stupid, Stupid, Stupid(smacking fore head while saying)=) |
HA! You're hardly stupid! what a great setup... with the backlighting and the transparency of th eorange... I especially like the shine on the droplet. It makes a tiny star pattern where it flares.
Again, these are both great shots. I do prefer the second one for the same reasons many others have mentioned. I would also like to add that perhaps you should consider re-cropping.. to a more standard size or even square. The tall, skinny crop is a bit uncomfortable for me. |
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