3 to choose from for #23

Velvet-Art

Hi there folks, I missed out on the month long challenge, I kept putting it off and then never got round to it.

Anyways, here's my little idea for #23, I've got 3 versions to choose from so please help me choose / comment on what I should've done different.


#1




#2




#3



I figure on "Parched Water" or "Dusty Thirst" as a title.

So - waddya all think?? Any good??

Tim

JAG

1 and 3 look good. Its definately an interesting concept. Do you have any with the top of the spout showing? I am curious.

Velvet-Art

JAG wrote:

1 and 3 look good. Its definately an interesting concept. Do you have any with the top of the spout showing? I am curious.

Thanks for commenting, I have one shot including the top of the tap, but the sand was only trickling out on it. I might set it up and re-shoot tomorrow afternoon to get the full tap in.

Tim

dlplumer

Cool concept. How did you ever find a faucet that shoots sand instead of water?

Greensquared

#1 here is doing the most for me, but I agree, it's worth a reshoot to get the tap in. There's a fair amount on the right side that isn't doing much for the composition, so you may want to crop closer there. Great concept!

marikris

I definitely agree with everything's that been said. If a reshoot is not an option, I'd go for #1 ^_^

DRabbit

I like the lighting/contrast of #1 and #3, but I like the way the sand is flowing in #2. Great concept!

Velvet-Art

dlplumer wrote:

Cool concept. How did you ever find a faucet that shoots sand instead of water?

Ah now that would be telling!! But seriously, if folk are interested I'll take a setup shot when I reshoot later on today.

Greensquared wrote:

#1 here is doing the most for me, but I agree, it's worth a reshoot to get the tap in. There's a fair amount on the right side that isn't doing much for the composition, so you may want to crop closer there. Great concept!

Thanks for the cropping advice, I found croppng this one a bit difficult as like you say there isn't much happening on the right, and there's not much happening on the left of the sand either!! Maybe I'll crop to a upright panorama!!

Thank you all for your kind comments, I hope to do a reshoot this afternoon and then I'll post the results here.


Tim

photographic-zen

in reply
Number 1 seems to be under exposed more than #3. #2 is way to over exposed, so yeah- in my opinion, #3 for sure!

Velvet-Art wrote:

Hi there folks, I missed out on the month long challenge, I kept putting it off and then never got round to it.

Anyways, here's my little idea for #23, I've got 3 versions to choose from so please help me choose / comment on what I should've done different.


#1




#2




#3



I figure on "Parched Water" or "Dusty Thirst" as a title.

So - waddya all think?? Any good??

Tim

CWSkopec

My first impression is "WOW!!! What an awesome concept!!"

But I have to echo the others, I'd like to see the top of the faucet... if you do the reshoot, I'd love to see the set up on this one... my brain's in overdrive trying to figure out how you would have made this happen!

Velvet-Art

Ok folks, I've just done a re-shoot and here's 3 more for your comments and opinions.

#4



#5



#6



So, what's your opinion on these? Which would you choose?


Thanks in advance for looking.

Tim

ic4u

#6 for me...composition is much better
Love all the textures too

Velvet-Art

ic4u wrote:

#6 for me...composition is much better

Wow!! that's gotta be the fastest reply ever!! Thanks for your comments

Tim

Halite

Ditto on #6. Cool concept!

CWSkopec

I agree! 6 looks AWESOME!!

Velvet-Art

Thanks guys for your kind comments, it's looking good for #6.


Tim

BeachBill

The latest three are much better than the originals. I really liked #4 until I saw #6...

My only nitpick on #6 is I wish there was more space at the top of the image.

Velvet-Art

BeachBill wrote:

The latest three are much better than the originals. I really liked #4 until I saw #6...

My only nitpick on #6 is I wish there was more space at the top of the image.

I should be able to re-crop to give a little more space at the top, I've just looked at the original and it has some more space at the top. I'll see what I can do when I get some time.

Thanks for looking

Tim

Velvet-Art

BeachBill wrote:

My only nitpick on #6 is I wish there was more space at the top of the image.

Ok, I've re-cropped it, there was just a little more space in the original.

How's this version?

#6.5 "Parched Water"


What do you all think?

Tim

michswiss

I really like #6, but what struck me is that it suddenly felt like I was watching gold dust poring out of the spigot. The colours are beautiful, but not parched. Unless, of course you were going for saturated.

Velvet-Art

michswiss wrote:

I really like #6, but what suddenly struck me is that it suddenly felt like I was watching gold dust poring out of the spigot. The colours are beautiful, but not parched. Unless, of course you were going for saturated.

Thanks for your comments, what I was aiming for was not parched colours but the idea that the water had dried up and been "parched" into dust or sand. I did find it hard not to over-light the sand to try and keep it as dark as possble to make it look like dust.

Maybe if I titled it "Parched Water" it would make it a bit clearer?

Tim

hawkeye978

The last one is a nice crop. Two things struck me throughout. First, and maybe it's not a real problem, the background is very bright and tends to draw my eye to the upper left. The second is that with the full faucet shots, I'm finding myself focusing more on the faucet that the 'water'. Maybe decrease the exposure in the white areas a little and either darken the faucet or increase the contrast/clarity of the 'water' to draw the eye there. Could be just my odd eyes, though.

sdways01

I think this is a great idea. I like #1 the best.

Velvet-Art

hawkeye978 wrote:

The last one is a nice crop. Two things struck me throughout. First, and maybe it's not a real problem, the background is very bright and tends to draw my eye to the upper left. The second is that with the full faucet shots, I'm finding myself focusing more on the faucet that the 'water'. Maybe decrease the exposure in the white areas a little and either darken the faucet or increase the contrast/clarity of the 'water' to draw the eye there. Could be just my odd eyes, though.

Hi there, thank you for your comments, I've had a little fiddle with the exposures on this one, what do you think of this edit?

#7 "Parched Water"




Any better / worse?

Tim

hawkeye978

Velvet-Art wrote:

Hi there, thank you for your comments, I've had a little fiddle with the exposures on this one, what do you think of this edit?

#7 "Parched Water"




Any better / worse?

Tim

It looks like you just lowered the exposure on the entire image. To my eye (admittedly old and fuzzy) it doesn't look like that separated the faucet/water from the background. Maybe generate a mask to select the bright background and then use curves to darken somewhat. I love the peeling paint in the background but the blank white on the left seems to pull my eye over there.

Velvet-Art

hawkeye978 wrote:

It looks like you just lowered the exposure on the entire image. To my eye (admittedly old and fuzzy) it doesn't look like that separated the faucet/water from the background. Maybe generate a mask to select the bright background and then use curves to darken somewhat. I love the peeling paint in the background but the blank white on the left seems to pull my eye over there.

I left the faucet and sand as was, but gradually darkened the background graduated from left to right to blend it in, I guess I blended it too much!!

I've darkened the background again, I didnt want to go too far though, so it's just a subtle change, plus a slight re-crop.

#8 "Parched Water"



How's this edit?

Tim

(btw, thanks for taking the time to comment on my little effort and point me in the right direction, I appreciate it )

Edited to replace the image as I'm an idiot and didnt look closely at the 1st one to see I'd messed up the PP.

hawkeye978

It does appear that the faucet is standing out more from the background. This will help draw the viewer to the subject.

Velvet-Art

hawkeye978 wrote:

It does appear that the faucet is standing out more from the background. This will help draw the viewer to the subject.

Thanks for your input on this, I appreciate all comments to help me improve

Tim

Benjer

This is a brilliant idea, and your latest version is very well done. I like the absurdity and irony of the image. Makes me laugh and reminds me of the "lip balm" scene in Three Amigos!

Swintonian

#1
I like #1. The sand pattern is most interesting to me. I like the titles too. I am guessing you had a funnel or something up high? It leaves me asking questions. Not sure if that is good or bad.

"Arid Fountain" another name possible? Something like that? Great concept.

dnie

I hope, and can't wait for an explanation as to just how you did this... very interesting.