SF1 Choices - Feedback appreciated

seastackseastack Registered Users Posts: 716 Major grins
edited May 25, 2007 in The Dgrin Challenges
Okay, I'll bite. Here are my top picks in descending order of rank for semifinal entry (at this present split second). Whatcha think?

Feedback? What moves you?
Thanks for helping me choose!

Tom


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#1


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#2


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#3


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#4


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#5


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#6

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#7
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  • anwmn1anwmn1 Registered Users Posts: 3,469 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    WOW Thonas- Some really nice shots here.

    I like both #1 and #6.

    Though the central composition works well in #6 I wonder what it would look like if it were moved a little to one side or the other.
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  • seastackseastack Registered Users Posts: 716 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    anwmn1 wrote:
    WOW Thonas- Some really nice shots here.

    I like both #1 and #6.

    Though the central composition works well in #6 I wonder what it would look like if it were moved a little to one side or the other.

    Right, I did struggle with comp in #6 last night - trying to balance the positions of the spotlighted rock and the curve of the creek. Must have moved the tripod 10 times. Thanks for the input!
  • DalantechDalantech Registered Users Posts: 1,519 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    I really like the mood and the composition of the first image -has an almost magical feeling to it that just draws me in thumb.gif

    For the second: Unless you explain what she's doing the blur in front of the girl is distracting.

    I like the color in the third, but my eye doesn't know where to go.

    I like the composition of the fourth, but I can't peg what the subject is and it doesn't tell a story or invoke any feeling (not like the first shot).

    The star trails and the blurred moon blow the fifth image -if the moon was round and the star trails longer that shot might have worked for me (but it wouldn't displace the first photo).

    The long exposure blur of the water in the sixth image is distracting -looks like someone drove a tank on the beach.

    In the last image the rock is centered, and centered subjects rarely work for me. If you were closer to the rock to bring out the detail in it and fill the frame, or lower to the ground, then that image would look better -but it still wouldn't beat the first shot in the series.

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  • pyroPrints.compyroPrints.com Registered Users Posts: 1,383 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    While I like your current entry, I like most of these better esp. #1.

    Damn. I gotta kick my photoes up a notch huh?
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  • ElaineElaine Registered Users Posts: 3,532 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    LOVE #1!!! clap.gif
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  • ultravoxultravox Registered Users Posts: 776 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    So do I. #1 thumb.gif
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  • pemmettpemmett Registered Users Posts: 507 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    I like #1, #2 & #7

    #1 - Nice image and very inteeresting. Though I may be tempted to loose the stars (maybe)
    #2 - I like this photo the bestthumb.gifthumb but it seems that there is either movement or out of focus on the head and especially the eye which is a real bummer

    #7 - I like the angle and the composition - this would be my second choice (the first if you can't reshoot the girl)

    It's definitely looking good though.
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  • GreensquaredGreensquared Registered Users Posts: 2,115 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    WOW is right. All are fantastic, but #1 would also be my favorite, #7 next, and then probably #3. Very nice.

    Best of luck!
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  • RobertRobert Registered Users Posts: 148 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    I’m not usually gone on this type of image, but I do like #1
    #7 is interesting, but not wow.
    No doubt - #1.
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  • VisualXpressionsVisualXpressions Registered Users Posts: 860 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    3 WOWs... "WOW" I am most impressed with 1, 5 and 7! Great work, very stunning shots...

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  • eoren1eoren1 Registered Users Posts: 2,391 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    Great work
    Very nice work Thomas!
    I vote for 6-7-1 in that order. All are awesome shots. 6 just blows me away with the serpentine curve that has been calmed a bit with the long exposure. I also like that you have been able to keep the details in that one.
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  • richterslrichtersl Registered Users Posts: 3,322 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    WOW! Someone's had a good 1.5 weeks!!! clap.gif

    #1 and #3 are gorgeous. I prefer either one of those two over the little girl I saw you had entered.
  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    :jawdrop Sorry to sound like an echo. rolleyes1.gif#1 is my favorite, but wow for all of them.

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  • speedracer04speedracer04 Registered Users Posts: 159 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    i like 1,5,6 to me the photo of the girl is not nearly as striking

    like other people said 1 is great!
  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    Without question
    #1 takes all....no contestthumb.gif
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  • tleetlee Registered Users Posts: 1,090 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    #1 clap.gif

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  • photogmommaphotogmomma Registered Users Posts: 1,644 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    #1! Definitely #1

    NO! Wait! You need to post a BAD picture! What am I doing helping out the competition? rolleyes1.gif
  • seastackseastack Registered Users Posts: 716 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    Wow, thank you all for all the great, and helpful, comments! I think it's #1, now I have to decide about whether to remove the star blur.

    Interestingly enough #7 would be my favorite if, if only if, ....
    I was intentionally breaking the rules with centered comp and I agree with the comment that lower angle would have been better and perhaps a wider angle lens (which I no longer have). Wish I had worked this more because breaking the rules well is very difficult but when it works ... I can't reshoot this for this semifinal, it's a four-hour drive one way, which I did much of in the middle of the night between day job assignments, but I have the feeling I'll be revisiting this and other nearby sites in the near future.

    Time, there is never enough bloody time, but that's one of the things that makes this a great competition - we're all working within the same constraints, pushing against the clock, competition, photographer's block, and all the "life happens" events to get the assignment done. It's a big bonus this can be done within the friendly competition of the dgrin community instead of the usual solitary vacuum.

    Get 'er done ;-)

    And for the fun of it I'll include #8, which I call "God Bless Americana"

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  • seastackseastack Registered Users Posts: 716 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    #1! Definitely #1

    NO! Wait! You need to post a BAD picture! What am I doing helping out the competition? rolleyes1.gif

    Laughing.gif! Best of luck to everyone!
  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    For me, it's a choice between #1 and #7. The first is very beautiful and serene. #7 has such a strong focal point and gorgeous color, and the mirrored curve of the rock and waterline (and a bit of sand) really work for me. It holds my attention longer, so I say #7.

    Just FYI, going by my measure tool, the water line is off .37 degrees in #1.

    Great stuff!
    Chris
  • seastackseastack Registered Users Posts: 716 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    Thanks! Laughing.gif, sure it isn't .38? Seriously, thanks for catching that. I actually corrected (or attempted to correct) a curved horizon using transform. Apparently, got in a hurry and sloppy and missed the basics mwink.gif
    ChrisJ wrote:
    For me, it's a choice between #1 and #7. The first is very beautiful and serene. #7 has such a strong focal point and gorgeous color, and the mirrored curve of the rock and waterline (and a bit of sand) really work for me. It holds my attention longer, so I say #7.

    Just FYI, going by my measure tool, the water line is off .37 degrees in #1.

    Great stuff!
  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    seastack wrote:
    Thanks! Laughing.gif, sure it isn't .38? Seriously, thanks for catching that. I actually corrected (or attempted to correct) a curved horizon using transform. Apparently, got in a hurry and sloppy and missed the basics mwink.gif

    Heh, it may well be, but I was only working off the Large. mwink.gif
    Chris
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    Tom,
    Gosh, tough choice. bowdown.gif
    For some reason #7 hits me really hard. It's almost surreal. thumb.gif
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  • BistiArtBistiArt Registered Users Posts: 307 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    S Curve all the way
    seastack wrote:

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    Tom I ended with 2... the first is too noisy, whereas the 2nd has a simple s curve which leads the eye to the focal point where the wave is breaking...

    I envy you guys who have water and beaches - but you guys could also come to the haunting edges of the world and traverse the Bisti...

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  • LiquidAirLiquidAir Registered Users Posts: 1,751 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    Of the set, I like #3 the best though I wish it had a little more room to breathe on the right. None of these shots grabs me quite like your LPS#2 entry did.
  • seastackseastack Registered Users Posts: 716 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    Went back through my images and worked on this one for most of the day, wasn't sure I could pull it off. It's multiple bracketed exposures combined in PS - tried HDR but it just didn't work as well.

    This is my new favorite. Still playing with subtle crop variations.

    Edge of Tides
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    Tom,
    seastack wrote:
    Went back through my images and worked on this one for most of the day, wasn't sure I could pull it off. It's multiple bracketed exposures combined in PS - tried HDR but it just didn't work as well.

    This is my new favorite. Still playing with subtle crop variations.

    Your images make me wanting to drop everyhting and rush to the Pacific shore *now*, even though it will be too late for the sunset when I get there :-) mwink.gif
    Definite contender! thumb.gif
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  • GreensquaredGreensquared Registered Users Posts: 2,115 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    Nikolai wrote:
    Your images make me wanting to drop everyhting and rush to the Pacific shore *now*, even though it will be too late for the sunset when I get there :-) mwink.gif
    Definite contender! thumb.gif

    Hmmm...Tom, your images just make me want to drop everything and give up! bowdown.gif
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  • seastackseastack Registered Users Posts: 716 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    Hmmm...Tom, your images just make me want to drop everything and give up! bowdown.gif
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  • ElaineElaine Registered Users Posts: 3,532 Major grins
    edited May 24, 2007
    Ohhh...your new Edge of Tides just might be the ticket! I think that's my new favorite of your batch! thumb.gif
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