#63 - Open Study - ideas

Jenn

I've been trying to take photos off and on and haven't had much success over the last few days. Today I went out and took some of these, and also took one of my parakeet <grin>. Do any of these look good enough for this challenge? I kind of favor #2.


1. Branches in the Fall



2. Twigs in the Fall


3. Rain Clouds in the Fall


4. Charlie is a Good Boy



5. Charlie is a Good Boy - Posterized

angevin1

That first one is darned Slick Jenn!

Jenn

angevin1 wrote: »

That first one is darned Slick Jenn!

Slick is good?

Jenn

ok I need help ... I got one vote for #1, and I like #2 ... I need a tie breaker..

Art Scott

I can't find anything in 1 to grab me...but 2 on the other hand is quite grabby......to me..........
grabby is good :~}}

dls

i like #1 the most... with its colors and contrast. i am not too enamored with #2, as the foreground blurred leaves seem a little too prominent and distracting/messy. i am wondering how a closer/square crop would work. i like the window/framing effect otherwise (usually am not too much of a fan of framing, but it can work well in this case).

DsrtVW

#1

Jenn

dls wrote: »

i like #1 the most... with its colors and contrast. i am not too enamored with #2, as the foreground blurred leaves seem a little too prominent and distracting/messy. i am wondering how a closer/square crop would work. i like the window/framing effect otherwise (usually am not too much of a fan of framing, but it can work well in this case).

Ok .. how about now.. #1 or #2 new crop?

1.


2. New Crop

slpollett

Of these last two, I prefer the first one. Of your original set, I actually prefer #3 if you could maybe bump up the contrast in the clouds (or something) to give them a little more 'oomph'--maybe try this one in black & white. I like the colors in #1, but #3 is my favorite of the bunch.

I just have to be different.

Sherry

SeascapeS

I agree with Sherry. The other ones seem a bit cluttered - no real focal point. Sort of like my cave shots!

Jenn

SeascapeS wrote: »

I agree with Sherry. The other ones seem a bit cluttered - no real focal point. Sort of like my cave shots!

slpollett wrote: »

Of these last two, I prefer the first one. Of your original set, I actually prefer #3 if you could maybe bump up the contrast in the clouds (or something) to give them a little more 'oomph'--maybe try this one in black & white. I like the colors in #1, but #3 is my favorite of the bunch.

I just have to be different.

Sherry

Ok ladies ... hows this? Which one out of all of them?

slpollett

Hmmmm. Ok, maybe black & white doesn't do it after all. (Worth a shot to try, though.)

I hope you don't mind, but I took your shot and bumped up the contrast (sort of a lot) and darkened it up some (but did not convert it to black & white). The clouds are more defined and that's really what I was trying to suggest. Try it yourself & see if you like it.



Sherry

Jenn

slpollett wrote: »

Hmmmm. Ok, maybe black & white doesn't do it after all. (Worth a shot to try, though.)

I hope you don't mind, but I took your shot and bumped up the contrast (sort of a lot) and darkened it up some (but did not convert it to black & white). The clouds are more defined and that's really what I was trying to suggest. Try it yourself & see if you like it.

Sherry

Like this?

slpollett

Yep, like that. I even prefer the clouds a little darker--makes look more ominous.

Sherry

Jenn

slpollett wrote: »

Yep, like that. I even prefer the clouds a little darker--makes look more ominous.

Sherry

I like it this way too, but I also like the 2 with the branches and it was hard for me to know which one I'd enter. I finally picked the first one with more branches.. but I really liked the 2nd one that had a branch framed with out of focus branches. ack!