#15 changed the subject - what do you think?

travelways

Hi guys,

I had the opportunity to take some more shots for this contest.

Please help me decide which one if any would be good enough
to be submitted:


#1 Merry Christmas!



#2 I can do it!



#3 Get ready, ....



Thank you in advance for your help.

richtersl

#1 and #2 are pretty nice and would work well for the Challenge, IMO. In #3 it looks like the little boy moved just before you pressed the shutter. What a shame you can't see his face. :cry

#1 would benefit from a crop. I'd try cropping to about the base of that Christmas tree. I love the reflections in the glass.

#2 is very sweet. Have you tried a B&W conversion on it?

travelways

Thank you so much Linda for your reply and help.

I added the plate of pretzels on the table (from an other similar shot) to fill up the space...



and also cropped it



For the second photo, even though I like colors, I think your idea of trying this one BW was genial



What do you think?

richtersl

I like the sled shot in B&W. But I have to give the edge to the cropped "cheers" shot. The crop brings the eye right to the action.

Adding the pretzel dish was a great idea.

travelways

richtersl wrote:

I like the sled shot in B&W. But I have to give the edge to the cropped "cheers" shot. The crop brings the eye right to the action.

Adding the pretzel dish was a great idea.

Yeah... that corner was too empty without something on the table - that's why on the trials I did after I put
that plate with pretzel on the table...

But now I see what you meant... first I called the first image "Cheers" as I have it on the daily photos.

Immediately after though, I realized that I didn't want to pull the attention to the glasses only,
since the photo is intended to show a Christmas scene, so I called it "Merry Christmas"
- you probably have to refresh the browser window to see the new title.

I thought you said to crop it because the mess that can be seen under the tree (the edge of the heater, wires, etc.).
I cropped it for this reason.

Considering though that I'd like to show actually a Christmas scene, which is more familial like, I'm not sure about
the cropped version but neither about the non-cropped one... hmm...

Therefore, I'll go with the B&W version of the "I can do it"

Thank you so, so much for your help

All the best,

richtersl

You have several good photos from which to choose. And, you won't go wrong with any of them. I preferred the cropped version of the "cheers" photo because in the uncropped version my eye kept veering toward the tree. But that's just me. The judges may see it completely differenty.

travelways

richtersl wrote:

You have several good photos from which to choose. And, you won't go wrong with any of them. I preferred the cropped version of the "cheers" photo because in the uncropped version my eye kept veering toward the tree. But that's just me. The judges may see it completely differenty.

I know that's just you, and you've been so nice to give me your opinion

travelways

I have another photo that I would consider for the contest:

"Number two"




Please tell me what you think

- Never mind I committed