#70 Changing Seasons or Looking for Beauty

sapphire73

Have two general ideas for this challenge - the changing seasons (and spring being "around the corner") and finding beauty in the world around me. After going out three times in as many days, I have one image for each idea. Would welcome your input on whether you think one of these would work for this challenge and C & C as to how I might improve them. Thank you!

1. Anticipating Spring [this first photo isn't showing up even though the link is the same as before...]


2. Looking for Beauty in the World Around Me


Other possible titles for #2:
Beauty, Wherever It May Be Found
Looking to the Light or Following the Light - which expresses what I love on several different levels.

sapphire73

sapphire73 wrote: »

Have two general ideas for this challenge - the changing seasons (and spring being "around the corner") and finding beauty in the world around me. After going out three times in as many days, I have one image for each idea. Would welcome your input on whether you think one of these would work for this challenge and C & C as to how I might improve them. Thank you!

1. Anticipating Spring


2. Looking for Beauty in the World Around Me


Another possible titles for #2:
Beauty, Wherever It May Be Found
Looking to the Light or Following the Light - which expresses what I love on several different levels.

Another shot from yesterdays' windy shoot.

3. Light Painting the Sky


Not 100% happy with any of these and would appreciate any input you may have. Thanks! I am also contented to sit this one out and enjoy what others contribute.

jbrown4849

I really like photo #2. I think #2 gives me a feeling of a magic door (in focus)... but, I wonder if you are going to focus on the light theme then do you really need the entire doorway, even though it is really cool? Maybe try cropping it above the clouds that are next to the trees where there is a slight break of sky then delete the top group of clouds?

sapphire73

#70 - Beauty of Light - #2 or this new image?
Here is a different shot of the light seen through the archway. The colors are a bit richer and more intense. Is this better than #2 in your opinion?

#4 The Beauty of Light

ic4u

#4 is beuatiful!

MikeK

I do like this 2nd archway picture better. Besides other things, I like the improved interest and coloring on the stone walkway. Nice!

davev

I like the last one the most.

sapphire73

Thank you all for your input. The affirmation for #4 (relative to the other possibilities) is helpful. The lighting was different for that shot and the sky had changed, but I am guessing that it also helped to do the post-processing in the middle of the day rather than late at night. Mike, I'm glad to hear that you like the stone walkway in #4. That's one of the areas that I gave a bit more attention.

I went out on three different occasions this week and got almost nothing on Friday when it was 68F but the sunset and other conditions were prime the next day when there were high winds and temps had dipped back down into the 20s. It was a challenge to capture it digitally when my fingers were almost numb!