Ch 61 (BW in Color): help me choose, please!

Nikolai

Tried a few ideas Friday night::):

#1: Eggs and lemon


#2: Eggs and tomato


#3: Sandal and laser


#4: Sandal and rose


Thank you!

adrian_k

The eggs & tomato doesn't look too sharp, good shot though.

I like the shadow of the last. I reckon if you could combine the sandal from the 3rd with the setup of the last you'd have a winner.

jwear

I hope the voting helps you more than the 3 way tie nice lemon and the last one

Nikolai

Adrian,

adrian_k wrote:

The eggs & tomato doesn't look too sharp, good shot though.

You're correct, the DOF is a bit too shallow. For some reson I started with macro setup in mind Prolly need to redo from a larger distance.

adrian_k wrote:

I like the shadow of the last. I reckon if you could combine the sandal from the 3rd with the setup of the last you'd have a winner.

It's the same sandal And I tried laser on #3 - it gets consumed by the reflection of the flash

Thank you very much for your constructive critique!
Cheers!

Nikolai

Thanks, Jeff!

jwear wrote:

I hope the voting helps you more than the 3 way tie nice lemon and the last one

I hope so too. In fact, I had more ideas than that but the implementation didn't come out as I hoped, so I decided to concentrate on these four. As Adrian mentioned - it's not only have to match topic requirements, it also has to be a decent picture all by itself:-)

Cheers!

ultravox

Great
maybe #4, i think.

Nikolai

Uv,

ultravox wrote:

maybe #4, i think.

Thanks! Looks like you're not alone:-)

Stormdancing

Nikolai wrote:

Thanks! Looks like you're not alone:-)

Nikolai, I love your shoes.
#4 for me too.

Nikolai

Dana,

Stormdancing wrote:

Nikolai, I love your shoes.
#4 for me too.

They're not mine (they me daughter's ), but thanks:-):):
Cheers!

Flyinggina

I like both ideas a lot, Nikolai. There is an elegant simplicityl to them, My favorites are ##1 and 3.

Virginia

Nikolai

Thank you, Virginia!

Flyinggina wrote:

I like both ideas a lot, Nikolai. There is an elegant simplicityl to them, My favorites are ##1 and 3.

Virginia

Appreciate the comment!
Cheers!

Angelo

I went with #3 Nik. Nice and crisp

Nikolai

Muchas garcias, amigo!

Angelo wrote:

I went with #3 Nik. Nice and crisp

Thanks for voting!

Dee

Some comments
My first impression was of the eggs and lemon, and I thought, how clever... I think it might be more interesting, if instead of an afterthought as it appears currently with the lemon stuck in the back, if part of the lemon was sticking up in the front on the left as the "star" of the photo it might work best.

I think of the shoes I like the laser sandal best, and of the two themes I think I prefer the shoes.

Nikolai

Dee,

Dee wrote:

My first impression was of the eggs and lemon, and I thought, how clever... I think it might be more interesting, if instead of an afterthought as it appears currently with the lemon stuck in the back, if part of the lemon was sticking up in the front on the left as the "star" of the photo it might work best.

I think of the shoes I like the laser sandal best, and of the two themes I think I prefer the shoes.

Thank you very much for watching and commenting!
My reasoning for putting lemon/tomato in the back was that I wanted to create an impression of pure b/w image first and only then "hint" the viewer that it is, in fact, a color one.
Cheers!

dkoyanagi

I found #1 & #2 a little too colorful. The eggs seem to have a pinkish/orange tint. #3 & #4 seem more black and white. Of those two I like #4.

Nikolai

Thanks, Dan!

dkoyanagi wrote:

I found #1 & #2 a little too colorful. The eggs seem to have a pinkish/orange tint. #3 & #4 seem more black and white. Of those two I like #4.

Appreciate your opinion!
Cheers!

harjtt

Nikolai wrote:

They're not mine (they me daughter's ), but thanks:-):):
Cheers!

Personally, I like no 4 - just the way the shoe's shadow rusn across eth shot and there still enough detail in the shoe itself.



Cheers

HArjTT

D:oogle

Nikolai

Harjtt,

harjtt wrote:

Personally, I like no 4 - just the way the shoe's shadow rusn across eth shot and there still enough detail in the shoe itself.
Cheers
HArjTT
D:oogle

That was exactly my reasonings to include it into the "set": that long delicate shadow makes all the difference, IMHO...

Thanks for looking!

Nikolai

Thank you very much everybody!
I have submitted #4 :