#65 FOFOFO choice

dls

Have been sitting out of the challenges for the last little bit secondary to a combination of travel, schedule, and agonizingly slow satellite bandwith, but cannot resist participating in this one. I have been quite fortunate to be in a place where frozen climes tend to predominate, and this challenge offers me the additional chance of showcasing a region that I have grown to love. However, the opportunity also brings with it a dilemma: which one is most fitting of the theme, the strongest photographically? Critiques, opinions, preferences etc... are welcome.

1. Maintaining the communication stream


2. When the River Freezes Over


3. Spanning the frozen waterways


4. Arctic Night


5. Infrastructure Challenge

JR303

3 by a mile. That's fantastic.

slpollett

Sherry

kdotaylor

#3, and I also like #5. Wow, these are great.

SeascapeS

Yup - 3 and 5!

Froch

Very Nice!

torrbrae

I agree with Froch - the single light and dark blue colour #4 is quite spectacular.
Though love the colours and flow of the bridge in #3.

WildBlue

3 and 4

StueveShots

For some reason, I really like 2 and 4...both seem so cold and so lonely.

I will say (and I normally don't give two hoots about whether or not someone uses a watermark--I have a good imagination and can usually see right through it) that I do wish to see #2 with a smaller watermark, just so that the foreground remains as still and empty as it should be...

dnie

StueveShots wrote: »

For some reason, I really like 2 and 4...both seem so cold and so lonely.

I will say (and I normally don't give two hoots about whether or not someone uses a watermark--I have a good imagination and can usually see right through it) that I do wish to see #2 with a smaller watermark, just so that the foreground remains as still and empty as it should be...

I felt the same about #4... I love that one... but I keep trying to see what is under that huge watermark.

dls

Thank you so much for your input. It had been pretty hard for me to decide, as each of them have elements that either I like visually or is at least meaningful to me. I think it is narrowed down to #3 and 4 now. And sorry about the watermark. I typically use a more subtle one, but forgot to select it for this time.

WhatSheSaw

I really like #4.

I like all of the others, too.

I think I might like #5 better from a lower perspective, but it might not work as well.

Aspecto5

#4 for me. I think a little cropping off the left side would make the comp a little better. Nice shots Dan. :B

rteest42

I'm no help...3 and 4 for me too!

dls

Thank you again so much for your help. I guess I have just a couple days to decide now. Re #5, had thought about a lower angle, but the railing prevented it. It was also pretty cold, so my typical patience for experimenting with different angles and shots diminished with the fear of my finger being forever frozen onto the shutter button!

ic4u

#4 for really has a crisp, frozen feel to it, so that would be my pick! Very nice