None of them "work for me" but the best is: http://42graphy.org/misc/FlowersToChoose/_IR31965.html
If it were cropped (square or vertical) so that the in-focus flowers were the focal point (preferably rule of thirds) that would be my choice. To many competing items in focus in other shots. My 2 shekels. On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 12:00 AM, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > FWIW and INHO (many people question my compositions!): > 1. “best” is 31965. > 2. 2nd is 31967 > 3. 3rd is 31966. > > My rationale: > a. In 31966 there is no there there. The road in the background is > distracting element, I am not sure what I am looking at in the photo. > b. In 31967 I think the tighter composition helps. I like the > lower-left to upper-right diagonal created by the taller plants. My knock on > this one has to do with focus. Focal point seems to be lower left and other > near elements, but I am not sure why. It leaves major portions of that > diagonal element out of focus. In particular, my eye is drawn to the two > blossoms slightly above dead center. If those were the focal point, I think I > would love this shot, but now they just frustrate me by their lack of sharp > focus. > c. The best of the three in 65, but it still wouldn’t be a big > favorite of mine. The focus is handled better than in 67. Now the only sharp > elements are those in the lower left, everything else fades off and that > works for me. Unfortunately, the diagonal is not as strong, is almost more of > a horizontal element. Overall I think the shot is quite pleasing. > > stan > >> On Apr 2, 2016, at 9:27 PM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi All! >> >> I am trying to understand preferences of different people. >> Here are three different shots of flowers: >> http://42graphy.org/misc/FlowersToChoose/ >> I would appreciate if you can tell me which of these three work or do not >> work for you. And, it would be especially valuable if you can say why. >> >> >> Many thanks in advance! >> >> Igor >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
