dss43 - C&C please

liflander

hi. i've gone in several different directions with this challenge. please feel free to give me feedback on these shots. which is your fave? what do you like? not like? sorry so many!
thanks! -mark;)

cold soul #1


cold soul #2


diner b+w


diner color


portal


lazy afternoon

JerryBarton

From theme, I like the last one best, but the shadow spoils the balance for me. The diner pictures say more 'diner' than 'window' to me. The first two are nicely unusual. Just my thoughts.

WhatSheSaw

#1 caught my attention. You might try getting even closer.

I like the crispness of the diner shots. I would like to see more of the people.

Portal is nice. I like the colors. For this challenge, I think it would work better with a closer crop.

The painted windows in lazy afternoon are cool. The shadow detracts. Maybe you can reshoot. And see how you like it without the upper windows.

Kinkajou

I kind of like Portal, and I agree with the others on that last shot. would be really nice to get it without the shadow if you can.

sunflowerstudio

I like #1. Is it a piece of artwork?

KevXman

Ok, I'm going to be different. I like the B&W version of the Diner the best and I like how you only see the top portion of the people's heads. Not sure that I helped any. Good luck!
— Kevin

liflander

Thanks for all the feedback fellow dgrinners!

liflander

sunflowerstudio wrote:

I like #1. Is it a piece of artwork?

I'm not sure if you are asking me directly about #1, but if you are, I can tell you how I made it.
It's a composite of 3 different shots I took: the snowy rock, the round window frame, and the eye (all fresh shots for this challenge). I didn't shoot them intending to put them together, it just happened when I was playing around in Photoshop. At first, I didn't really like it, but I kept tinkering and came up with something I like. Full disclosure: my wife suggested a tighter crop, and it was a great suggestion!

Cheers,
Mark

red_zone

re: #1 ... I think that it's a really neat concept, but that it would have gone a lot better if the rock didn't have snow, or if the snow didn't intercept the window frame. It's pretty obvious where it was hidden at the bottom of the window. That said, I can do exactly zero post-processing, so, also... way to go!

Otherwise, I'm going to have to go with #4, because those paintings are just cute. re-crop to just the lower right or re-shoot w/o shadow and it'll be even stronger.

tinamarie52

Post a lot of different pictures and you'll get a lot of different opinions!!!

I like #2 b/c it looks whale-like....you know "window to the soul" thing. and in #2, you don't notice the bottom of the PSd window frame as much.

Go with your gut if it's a toss-up.

Chris

liflander

Thanks again. I'll try another version of #1 and #2 with the snow covering the white part of the window frame. Good suggestion!
Mark