#16 - First challenge, indecisive...

coscorrosa

Here are my six candidates, any comments and feedback would be appreciated!

The theme for this challenge is general enough where I could just take some of my favorite photos from the last two weeks, but that also makes it harder to pick one.

These have been posted previously to the Landscapes and Wildlife forums.

#1, Snoqualmie Falls at flood stage (taken yesterday, you may have heard about the recent/continuing floods in Washington State). This is probably the one I'm favoring right now.



#2, Sunrise on the Skagit River (went there for eagles, came away with this landscape):



#3, New Year's Eve fireworks at the Space Needle in Seattle, WA:



#4, Eagle flying low over snow field:



#5, Eagle flying through the snow over the Skagit River:



#6, Husband and Wife (for now, they say eagles are monogamous, but I think this particular relationship is in trouble...)

Tango

hey Ron, stepping over are ya?

cool!....

anyway, i favor #4 & #5 of your series.....

Tylwydd

Great series !

Prefer #5 for its lighting and feel of motion.

#2 mood is fine too with the dead tree in the river.

Greensquared

All of these are amazing! Your Snoqualmie Falls is one of the best I've seen, the fireworks off the needle had amazing timing, the landscape is gorgeous and the eagles are stunning. I keep trying to narrow down a favorite between 2, 4 and 5, but I just can't make the cut.

richtersl

This is a tough decision because they're all REALLY good.

You won't go wrong with any of them, though my favorites are 2, 3, & 4.

divamum

:jawdrop

They're all crackers, but I am seriously loving #1, and it's quite different from anything else currently entered....

Beautiful pictures!

pyroPrints.com

6 is really cool, but 2 is gorgeous

we got another contender =c)

cpagility

They are all great.

Favorite is #1 - also really like 2, 4 and 5.

anonymouscuban

I think #2 is my favorite. All are awesome though.

Tentacion

5 & 6 are TOTALLY AWESOME captures.

I would enter those into the Nat'l Geo Your Shot Contest, especially 6 !!

Kudos!!
Donna

Llywellyn

I've been dreading the day you'd come over to this part of the forum. :giggle These are all incredibly gorgeous, but I cast my vote for #2 as well.

coscorrosa

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to provide feedback, it's very much appreciated!

Here are the "poll" results thus far:

1: 2 votes
2: 7 votes
3: 1 vote
4: 4 votes
5: 5 votes
6: 2 votes

There's a good variety of animals and landscapes already, so that's a toss-up (otherwise I would go with the less represented option to reflect the wide world of dgrin.).

I think I'll go with #2, in addition to being the favorite, it's probably the best in terms of sharpness and noise (#1 has some obvious noise). I really like the eagle shots but the IQ isn't quite as good (though these are definitely the best eagle shots I've taken).

Hard to choose!

Again, I appreciate the feedback

Some background on #2: I went out shooting for eagles but arrived early enough for the sunrise and a potential landscape opportunity. I didn't have my favorite landscape lens (24-105) as a friend was borrowing it, I only had a 16-35. Of course, when I got there I really missed the 24-105 and couldn't take the shot I wanted with the 16-35 because of branches, etc. So what I had to do for #2 was crop from a vertical shot to a horizontal shot (major croppage here!) and still had to clone out a branch or two.

coscorrosa

AaronNelson wrote:

hey Ron, stepping over are ya?

cool!....

anyway, i favor #4 & #5 of your series.....

I can't let you have all the fun Aaron

dlplumer

Welcome Ron. I think we are all in big trouble

coscorrosa

Llywellyn wrote:

I've been dreading the day you'd come over to this part of the forum. :giggle These are all incredibly gorgeous, but I cast my vote for #2 as well.

Heh, well, I lucked out on this challenge because:

1) I actually saw it when there was more than 3 days left remaining

and

2) I could choose any photo I had taken in the last two weeks.

It's difficult for me to find photos that fit within a theme without explicitly taking photos with that theme in mind, this challenge didn't have that constraint (which is a useful constraint to have most of the time, as it forces you to come up with new things and be creative).

coscorrosa

dlplumer wrote:

Welcome Ron. I think we are all in big trouble

As long as it's completely overcast, raining, and all the roads and trails are blocked by floods or snow, I don't think you have anything to worry about

JAG

wow...I can see your delema! All of them are great! I like 1 alot.