DSS#14 - HELP Please!

travelways

Please help me make a last minute decision:

My current entry in the contest is this:



I have re-done the photo today:



Should I go with the new one :scratch

Thank you in advance

Candid Arts

I do like the new one, but it seems a little to busy.

Maybe try combing the the new one with the old one as far as subject matter goes?

travelways

I actually have 2 others I'm thinking of:

Vases



Silk rose



Thank you

travelways

Candid Arts wrote:

I do like the new one, but it seems a little to busy.

Maybe try combing the the new one with the old one as far as subject matter goes?

I see... yes, OK, I'll try. Thank you so much

Benjer

Candid Arts wrote:

I do like the new one, but it seems a little to busy.

Maybe try combing the the new one with the old one as far as subject matter goes?

Both [fiesta] shots are really fun, and I like what you're doing in the new one with implied diagonals and color, but simpler is better imo. (One thing I've been trying is to see how few elements I need to tell a story. 3 seems to be a magic number for me.) And definitely open up more of those Corona bottles - it's a party, right?

Candid Arts

Benjer wrote:

And definitely open up more of those Corona bottles - it's a party, right?

I was thinking something along the same lines, but possibly even have a bottle or two having less beer in it, like they've been drank a little (feel free to take that upon your self to drain the bottles, although it's still a bit early:-P).

I like the fiesta subject matter best. I'd just re-arrange some things, make the second one a little simpler like the first, but at the same time incorporating some of the extra "stuff" from #2 into #1.

anonymouscuban

I like the new Corona shot. But as others pointed out, a bit busy. I would suggest removing the flower. It doesn't quite fit the scene. Also, try removing the bowl of chips. I like the one chip in the salsa container and the crumbs on the table. I think the salsa was what was missing from the original... how can you have Corona and chips with no salsa... that's what I was thinking before. Maybe lose some of the avocados too.

I would almost say to remove the bowl from the original and replace it with the salsa and one chip. Then tilt your angle a bit.

Just some suggestions. I do like the beer and chips better than the others for the challenge though.

travelways

I think I got you guys

Here is the new one - Mexican 3



and here is the Fiesta

* I also shake the bottles to make more foam and I made a total mess:



I have to go and clean everything before my husband returns home

Candid Arts

Hahaha. I can see the beer on the table. That's funny.

Anyways, I like the FOV in the first new shot, but like the less filled bottles and foam in the second. And also, maybe because the knife is there, take a chunk out of the whole lime to represent the peice laying behind it came from that, and maybe dicing up, or at least having some of the tomatoes cut up as well? The knife to me implies some cutting, and it's a strong point in the piece, but the only thing I see actually cut is the one peice of lime.

On a side note, I love that bowl. Is it SS?

anonymouscuban

I also like the composition of the first. However, can you try the same shot with the bowl of chips replaced with the bowl of salsa? Then have a few chips scattered to the right of the bowl?

I also like the idea of having the lime with the slice cutout... less foam in the beers btw.. it's giving me gas.

Oh... and not sure about the tomatos.

travelways

Candid Arts wrote:

Hahaha. I can see the beer on the table. That's funny.

Anyways, I like the FOV in the first new shot, but like the less filled bottles and foam in the second. And also, maybe because the knife is there, take a chunk out of the whole lime to represent the peice laying behind it came from that, and maybe dicing up, or at least having some of the tomatoes cut up as well? The knife to me implies some cutting, and it's a strong point in the piece, but the only thing I see actually cut is the one peice of lime.

On a side note, I love that bowl. Is it SS?

I cleaned up everything

I will have to stay with one of the 2 above... Maybe the first one - Mexican 3?

I know that photography requires sacrifice, but if it was in an appropriate environment...

PS: Actually mexicans always have knives... just in case ... kidding

No, they use to cut the lemon slices for the beer - I haven't seen them eating tomatoes
with beer and chips (totopos) - only salsa. I put the tomatoes there just for decoration - color

travelways

anonymouscuban wrote:

I also like the composition of the first. However, can you try the same shot with the bowl of chips replaced with the bowl of salsa? Then have a few chips scattered to the right of the bowl?

I also like the idea of having the lime with the slice cutout... less foam in the beers btw.. it's giving me gas.

Oh... and not sure about the tomatos.

Yes, thank you very much for your comment I thought about this too, but I just didn't feel like
putting the chips directly on the table - they don't do this.

However, I tried it and it works, I think...

Chips & Salsa



Hmm... I may have to reposition somehow the light spot...

Candid Arts

Reposition the light spot? Not sure I follow. Love the new photo though! I'd say fix what ever you think you gotta fix in it...but I like this one best. I like the cut lime. Maybe leaning it up open side down on the other cut lime chunk? That might bring down the white's that are reflecting from the cut lime, but still give the effect that that chunk was cut out of that lime.

Make sense?

travelways

Candid Arts wrote:

Reposition the light spot? Not sure I follow. Love the new photo though! I'd say fix what ever you think you gotta fix in it...but I like this one best. I like the cut lime. Maybe leaning it up open side down on the other cut lime chunk? That might bring down the white's that are reflecting from the cut lime, but still give the effect that that chunk was cut out of that lime.

Make sense?

Uff... thank you Candid - I feel a little tired after those beers - hahaha

I did use the bracketing, so I have a version slightly darker with more contrast on the limes:



I will post this one

Thank you so much for your help!

Candid Arts

Awesome. You're welcome! I just noticed the limes in the beer glasses too. Wonderful addition!

Good luck!

richtersl

That last one is making me hungry. And thirsty. :slurp

Aside from that, it's a great shot.