I'd like to thank everyone who looked and gave me feedback (either on or off-list). It has been VERY useful. I know that having a contest winner is a long shot, but I guess if I'm going to try I would like to make sure it is the best image I can put forward.
I also know that my image will be up against a good number of other excellent images, so if there is a "quibble" with an image then it is probably enough to make it lose out to somebody else's image with which no one had any "quibbles". I think I agree with everyone that Image 1 is the strongest of the bunch, mainly because it really doesn't have any quibbles. Yes it has some wide angle distortion, but: a) the dilapidated barn WAS leaning (it isn't all distortion) b) thanks to the placement of the supercell base (side lit by the setting sun) in the scene, all of the distortion/lean lends a feeling of things being sucked into the vortex - which adds drama (IMHO) to an already dramatic scene. I have a lot to learn about post-processing (particularly color) so I will probably take another run at all of these images in the future, as my PP skills develop (assuming that they ever do). :) Please accept my thanks, EVERYONE for your valuable opinion and input. On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Igor Roshchin <s...@komkon.org> wrote: > > Darren, > > Many people have already chimed in and the leader photo is clear. > But I thought I'd add my comments in case they'd be useful. > > My first reaction (I looked at the photos on my phone) was that > the champion would be between #3 and #4, and #1 would be the next. > And when I was choosing between #3 and #4 I chose the latter, because of > the more dramatic contrast. > But then when I looked more carefully, I noticed that #3 was actually in > color (and I liked those colors), while #4 was in B&W. > And at that point I thought that in the current state #1 is winning. > > But, if #3 could be played with a bit so that the contrast between the > tree and the background cloud stands out (the tree sort of glows > in #4), that would be a more powerful rendition of that photo. > I am not sure how to do that, but I would try playing with the > selective sharpening (in LR that would involve moving "masking" slider > very much to the right). > > > Overall, I see several powerful images! > > > And a few other comments: > I don't have problems with the horizon (as somebody else has commented) > or leaning trees. (And I am usually sensitive to these issues, > especially in somebody else's photos. ;-) ) > As for #5, what is missing for me is the ground at the bottom. > That tower is hanging in the air. > > HTH, > > Igor > > > > Wed Jul 9 13:18:49 EDT 2014 > Darren Addy wrote: > >> I'd appreciate everyone's input on which of the following images (pick >> only ONE) that YOU think has the most impact as a contest entry. I >> need some objective help here. >> :) >> I guess another way to put it is: These 5 images are the only entrants >> in the contest. Which one wins? >> >> http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/pick1.html >> >> You can either reply to this thread or email me directly. >> >> Mucho Nachos. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
