Dreams & Imagination - Need help choosing

SimpsonBrothers

After being stumped for the past week and a half, inspiration came to me through my son David who told me he had a crazy dream about flying on our lawnmower.

So...does this work?

1.


Or is this one better?

2.

Froch

I love it. Great cap of his expression. Pure joy, similar to what he'd have had in the dream. Nice!!!

bbjones

I believe one of Ansel Adams' rules was that you can't overprocess anything involving flying lawnmowers.

Go with #1!

MarkR

#1 gives off more of a dreams/imagination feel.

SeascapeS

#1 - pretty cool! It feels like it needs something though but I can't figure out what that is.

sapphire73

I like it! The idea and execution are both quite unique as well. I have a slight preference for #2 or a blend of #1 and #2. but am clearly in the minority.

Molotov Everything

I like the idea of the blur in #1, gives more of a sensation of flying I just think it's too much. Also, I'm not sure I get it as it relates to the theme. Dreaming of something or doing something?

konomaniac

I'm not a huge fan of blur, but in this case - it cleans up the back yard without having to haul anything to the brush dump

WhatSheSaw

I like it with motion blur. Maybe play with it a bit to see if less blur works better.

Does the photo speak the theme? I get that imagination and dreams come before action, but without the title and the story, I don't see imagination and dreams. I see a runaway mower. I suppose one answer to what came first could be, "The mower".

In any case, I really like the photo. And it makes me smile.

rbustraen

I like the one with the blue it adds movement that I think is needed for the flying part.

DonRicklin

I remember having many a flying dream as a kid! #1 works well. Though a little hard to look at him. Maybe desaturating the image a bit would make it easier to look at. This isn't Rust!



Don

JAG

oh I see where this one could go...dreams or reality? I like the movement with the blur. I suggest a little less blur. Removing the pole above the boys head. Desaturate the background to make it look more of the dream (not many dream in vivid colors, rather muted color or black and white) then if this was my project, I would try and make the mower and boy coming out of the background. Using the bright color it is then start desaturating the boy about at the waist so seem like he is coming out of the dream. Anyway I think you have something here with a little more playing. For what its worth.

I love the fact that you put the boys shadow on the ground!