DSS 42 - After the thaw, C&C please

AndMan

Took these yesterday near the local river which has flooded after the thaw.

Do any of these work?

#1


#2



For information the water here was nearly 2ft deep on the banks and by my rough calculations moving at 3-4 mph.
#3


#4


#5

MikeK

I like #1 the best. The converging angles of the tree trunks and picnic tables is interesting. #2 is the wrong angle.

#4 is interesting, but I can't figure out what is jutting in on the left, and I think it is too wide a view for this topic.

sunflowerstudio

#1 for me, too. It's the clearest on telling a "story", that there's been a significant flood.

#5 might have potential, but the framing composition doesn't seem quite right. One's eye isn't drawn to the important parts of the picture.

rainbow

I like #5. The others show the place inundated. #5 shows a person having to cope with the water. Not sure if the square crop if best -- are there other cropping options on the original?

anonymouscuban

#5. The rest are nice but they really don't tell me that something unusual or news worthy has happened here. It just looks like a local pond or other body of water. #5 actually tells me that there has been some flooding. Very good capture.

MikeK

I do like the personal interaction of #5, but it takes me a minute looking around to figure out what is going on. Could just be someone riding through a puddle on the street. #1 tells the story instantly. But no people, if you care.

anonymouscuban

MikeK wrote:

I do like the personal interaction of #5, but it takes me a minute looking around to figure out what is going on. Could just be someone riding through a puddle on the street. #1 tells the story instantly. But no people, if you care.

Interesting... I completely see the opposite here. The first few images are nicely composed shots of a pond or lake or some other body of water. I could not even tell that the thing in the middle is a picnic table at first. Honestly, I still have trouble seeing it in shots #2-4. They are too artistically composed. They look more like nice landscape shots. #1... yes, I can see it's a picnic table half submerged but so what? Really doesn't put things in context like #5 does.

In #5 I see the gal riding through a completely submerged street. I know it's not a merely a puddle because the street light is submerged and so is the picnic table in the foreground. The person in the shot brings the other elements into context and makes the setting seems unnatural. Like something happened here that isn't right. The story is complete. The other shots, IMO, tell no story.

AndMan

MikeK wrote:

I like #1 the best. The converging angles of the tree trunks and picnic tables is interesting. #2 is the wrong angle.

#4 is interesting, but I can't figure out what is jutting in on the left, and I think it is too wide a view for this topic.

Thanks for the feedback Mike. #4 is probably more landscape than PJ, the thing jutting in is the kerb leading into a submerged car park.

AndMan

sunflowerstudio wrote:

#1 for me, too. It's the clearest on telling a "story", that there's been a significant flood.

#5 might have potential, but the framing composition doesn't seem quite right. One's eye isn't drawn to the important parts of the picture.

Thanks for the feedback, unfortunately the framing & comp on #5 were dictated by the surrounding trees and the flooded ground between me & her.

AndMan

rainbow wrote:

I like #5. The others show the place inundated. #5 shows a person having to cope with the water. Not sure if the square crop if best -- are there other cropping options on the original?

Thanks for the feedback rainbow. The square crop was forced by the trees I was shooting through.

AndMan

anonymouscuban wrote:

#5. The rest are nice but they really don't tell me that something unusual or news worthy has happened here. It just looks like a local pond or other body of water. #5 actually tells me that there has been some flooding. Very good capture.

Thanks Alex.

AirThom

MikeK wrote:

I like #1 the best. The converging angles of the tree trunks and picnic tables is interesting. #2 is the wrong angle.

#4 is interesting, but I can't figure out what is jutting in on the left, and I think it is too wide a view for this topic.

I agree on all points. Great stuff Peter!

MachineAge

I like 1 but also 3 if perhaps cropped a little closer to the bench (and depending on how much the bench separates from the bg when you get closer). But probably 1.

5 is fine but story-wise it's all right there in front of you leaving little to the imagination. I think 1 does a much better job of point out the flood situation because seeing those forlorn tables and benches implies that there's a lot more around the area that has been covered by water...makes you wonder what the area was like before the flood.

In 5, I engaged just long enough to see the photo and then moved on.

AndMan

AirThom wrote:

I agree on all points. Great stuff Peter!

Thanks for the feedback.

AndMan

MachineAge wrote:

I like 1 but also 3 if perhaps cropped a little closer to the bench (and depending on how much the bench separates from the bg when you get closer). But probably 1.

5 is fine but story-wise it's all right there in front of you leaving little to the imagination. I think 1 does a much better job of point out the flood situation because seeing those forlorn tables and benches implies that there's a lot more around the area that has been covered by water...makes you wonder what the area was like before the flood.

In 5, I engaged just long enough to see the photo and then moved on.

Thanks for taking the time to comment in detail, it is much appreciated.