Flower C&C.. Which do you prefer?

SusieQue

About to drop off...



or

Droplets



Thanks in advance,
Susie

PopeBuckfastXVI

There's room for both.

Mountainsandh

Number 2 without an ounce of a doubt (for me)

AnimalRights

Mountainsandh wrote: »

Number 2 without an ounce of a doubt (for me)

Yep.

hmboards

The first for me, but there's not much in it - I like both.

WAPAIC

Number two for me, I have no idea why though...

If you don't mind explaining briefly, how did you shoot them?

Pivot_Al

I think number 1 is probably the best from a purely classical point of view but number 2 has more interest/energy due to the differential focus technique- both nice shots though.

pearljamfan

number 2! i like the angle and brighter colours in it.

stabo

Yeah both are great,but no2 for me. Sorry no cc to give.

magicbastarder

number one.

paulusdu

number 2, love the tones in it. Number one is still really nice though, but lacks number 2's punch

John

Number 2 definitely catches my eye more, the first one is perfectly fine but less character.

artyeva

John wrote: »

Number 2 definitely catches my eye more, the first one is perfectly fine but less character.

this.

Crispin

Number 2 is the better shot imo. more interesting perspective. Also I think the water drop on 1 is just out of focus which takes away from the shot. I'd be happy haven taken either mind

CabanSail

Both very nice & I like both.

#1 is a more orthodox shot whereas #2 is much more creative. I too prefer the more creative shot.

kelly1

Both excellent but prefer 2nd.

AnCatDubh

Of the two I prefer #2 but......... there is something uneasy with them..... i'm not sure what but i'm seeing something that the brain is telling me isn't quite right about them (hah! my brain is known to be completely wrong too ).

I'll look back later and see if I can figure.

Both very nice shots though.

the_monkey

1 is very nice, but 2 definetely is the best, lovely bokeh + the drops are fantastic..

LeoB

Both of these are really nice well done. What was your set up?

Diabhal_Glas

Lovely shots Susie, I like them both.

Did you use flash on the first one?

Also did you up the saturation in the second one?

well done

Would also be curious to see how you did these shots.

The second one is my favourite. The strength and variance of the colour through the image is really good. Folowers are supposed to be colourful and it looks really well here, in my opinion.


The first one is noce, too, but I just prefer the second one.

PicturePerfect

My pick would be the second one as well!
Like the colours in the background. Seems more natural than just the black background.

Must say though that I prefer the falling drop on #1

SusieQue

Thank you all for your opinions and help... Was away for a few weeks so didn't get to reply... :rolleyes:

SusieQue

AnCatDubh wrote: »

Of the two I prefer #2 but......... there is something uneasy with them..... i'm not sure what but i'm seeing something that the brain is telling me isn't quite right about them (hah! my brain is known to be completely wrong too ).

I'll look back later and see if I can figure.

Both very nice shots though.

Did it come to you yet

Susie

Diabhal_Glas

Tell us about your set up Susie and how you processed them?

CabanSail

SusieQue wrote: »

Did it come to you yet

Susie

Don't mind him Susie, he's just having a CMod Moment!

AnCatDubh

CabanSail wrote: »

Don't mind him Susie, he's just having a CMod Moment!

more and more of them in recent times...... gah :pac: :pac: :pac:

SusieQue wrote: »

Did it come to you yet

Susie

Is it later yet :eek:

( sorry, lots of things got in the way, and once it went beyond the moment, that was it - all forgotten )

I think what I was seeing was the water droplets are almost unbelievable on them - #1 in particular. Maybe even slightly defying gravity on that one. One side of my brain says "woo pretty colours, nice focus, interesting composition, interesting framing" and the other side says "something wrong here captain, water doesn't actually settle like that". Of course you've captured it like that so I dunno, maybe its just a bit of surrealism.

sheesh

I like the colour of the centre part of the flower more in the 2nd one the different colours remind me of cheetahs spots

SusieQue

AnCatDubh wrote: »

more and more of them in recent times...... gah :pac: :pac: :pac:



Is it later yet :eek:

( sorry, lots of things got in the way, and once it went beyond the moment, that was it - all forgotten )

I think what I was seeing was the water droplets are almost unbelievable on them - #1 in particular. Maybe even slightly defying gravity on that one. One side of my brain says "woo pretty colours, nice focus, interesting composition, interesting framing" and the other side says "something wrong here captain, water doesn't actually settle like that". Of course you've captured it like that so I dunno, maybe its just a bit of surrealism.

I hear/see what you are saying... I may have gone a tad OTT with the sharpening

SusieQue

Diabhal_Glas wrote: »

Tell us about your set up Susie and how you processed them?

Sorry Diabhal_Glas... Will get to reply yo this soon.. was away for a few weeks now on serious catch up on course work so can't get distracted... I'll be back

Thecageyone

I was on a [virtual] holiday for a month SO never seen this thread.

I much prefer the 2nd one. That is the same one you had on display in the shopping centre recently? Looks even better in print