Help me choose: Upcoming exhibition!

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

06/09/2005 11:25:17 AM · #1

I'm participating in an exhibition which starts next WE. It shall give young artists a chance to show their work. I can exhibit 5 images, which I will have printed at 30x20cm. I have already chosen 4 images:
*Spice Up Your Life!
*Frames
*Guardians
and
*Horus' Throne, which I will reshoot, so any further suggestions are welcome. I'll probably go for a landscape oriented crop like this.

Help me choose the fifth among these:

Thank you very much!

Edit: The weird face with the tree house photograph has been fixed.

Message edited by author 2005-06-09 16:54:52.

Alexys

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

06/09/2005 11:28:28 AM · #2

I really love the first one. Focus are really great and I like the contrast between the silhouette and the green colour. That´s amazing.

cpanaioti

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

06/09/2005 11:31:12 AM · #3

I really like the novelty of 'A Clockwork Orange'.

Alexys

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

06/09/2005 11:33:52 AM · #4

1-1... which will win? More opinions to gloda, please!!!!

jenesis

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

06/09/2005 11:34:23 AM · #5

Hmmm, I really like the ones you've already chosen. Very nice selections. As for the last, I like the first, last and second in that order. But they are all very nice.

skylen

Nikon D200

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

06/09/2005 11:36:07 AM · #6

I like 'y' the best. Beautiful image.

skylen

Nikon D200

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

06/09/2005 11:38:30 AM · #7

Some amazing work there! I love Horus' Throne and the shot on the bridge with the two people looking away from each other.

davidx76

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

06/09/2005 11:54:07 AM · #8

I definately prefer the Y - I thought it was amasing in the challenge when I first seen it and still feel that way. I'd personally "eliminate" the great gear and L'Eiffel des ponts candidates. Good luck, I'm sure you'll do well with whatever image you choose.

Cutter

Nikon D700

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

06/09/2005 12:18:56 PM · #9

I should prefer the scorpion or the bridge. The atmosphere of the bridge works very well. The scorpion speaks for itself. Do you want creativity or "perfection". Bridge: lets you explore the image. Scorpion: lets you admire the quality.

LoudDog

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

06/09/2005 12:25:47 PM · #10

Clockwork Orange

jasm8

Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

06/09/2005 12:50:01 PM · #11

I've looked at the other 4 photo's that you are submitting and a common theme that I am picking up on is your sense of artistic ability to look at a potential photograph subject and take it one step further. I imagine that when you are taking your pictures and setting up your subject that you have the ability to envision it in print already which is an amazing talent to have. You seem to caputre the artistic values of light, texture and shape... and with that being said I feel that you should enter the bridge shot at night. I know you commented on the distortion of the buildings off in the left, but I think that it flows with the whole creativness of the photo. I also feel that if you submitted the bridge that it would flow with the rest of your images in your exhibition maintaining continuity from an artistic perspective! Good luck and AMAZING work!
cheers!

06/09/2005 01:12:31 PM · #12

Thanks for all the compliments and suggestions so far. I feel flattered. For what jasm said about continuity: Maybe I should add that I have only 2,5 metres of wall space for my images. They will be pretty close to each other.

Some more opinions on which to chose, or which not to chose, anyone?

jpochard

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

06/09/2005 02:11:47 PM · #13

I like them all, but I like the first one ("Y") the best. Each of the others has some minor element that would maybe distract the viewer, but I think the Y one is done perfectly. Good luck!

glad2badad

DJI Mavic Air 2

Sears 55mm f/1.4 M42

06/09/2005 02:31:59 PM · #14

I like 'A Clockwork Orange' as your final pick. It shows fun and creativity that is sure to go over well with the audience of this event. Whatever you choose, I'm sure you will do well. Have fun!

06/09/2005 04:52:39 PM · #15

Bump. I can't decide yet :)

cpanaioti

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

06/09/2005 04:54:10 PM · #16

You know the more opinions you get the harder it will be to decide as there will be a more likelyhood of a tie.

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

06/09/2005 04:57:14 PM · #17

Hehe. That may be true, but since I can't make up my mind, I need some hints. I will have to proceed by exclusion, anyway. That means that every opinion is valuable to me.

dustin03

Canon EOS-20D

06/09/2005 05:15:48 PM · #18

Th photo of the person with cards appeals to me the most. Creative use of lighting and color. I hope you do well and best of luck.

Keith Maniac

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Canon

06/09/2005 06:10:48 PM · #19

I like the bridge the best, and the scorpion second best. The bridge photo has great colors and lighting. I could sit and look at it for a while, studying all of those great details.

06/10/2005 06:02:47 AM · #20

Thanks for all your opinions, you gave me a good idea of what would(n't) work and why. I've made up my mind now.

"The Great Gear" doesn't catch enough attention, and it's partly out of focus and blown-out.
For "Some Call it Passion", I'll need my sisters permission and I'll end up with too many faces.
I won't take "L'Eiffel des Ponts" either, since I already have two rather dark images, and I would end up with 40% of images from Luxembourg City.
So there are only the scorpion and the orange left. I think "Spice Up Your Life" already shows that I've completely lost it, so I chose "y". It shows my technical skills, and it is a decent macro shot.

The fifth image:

Now I'll get into framing. The problem is that I can't expect to sell anything, and I have no use for the framed pictures myself. In the end, I'll have to spend at least 70� :(

Matthew

Peleng 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye MC In M42 Mount

06/10/2005 07:10:37 AM · #21

Originally posted by gloda:

The problem is that I can't expect to sell anything, and I have no use for the framed pictures myself. In the end, I'll have to spend at least 70� :(

I find that a good way to use framed prints is to hang them on the wall. If your problem is lack of wall space, you need to get more wall space. You can do that either by improving the availability of existing wall space (take down whatever is on the walls at present), or by buying more walls. If the latter, you may have to wait a few years until you can afford more walls. But you will surely get there.

Now if you don't have enough storage space to keep the framed pics while you are waiting to buy more walls, only then do you have a problem!

06/11/2005 05:24:58 PM · #22

Thanks legalbeagle, I think I still have some free ceilings :)

Here's what the pictures are gonna looks like. They are bordered right away on print, with the title below, my name in the upper left and the year in the upper right corner.
Now I need some opinions on how to arrange them.
Here's what I thought would look best:

In what order would you hang them on the wall? Just quote and rearrange the images as you like :)

cpanaioti