~Dead Winter~

[kathyt]

 

[snowbear]

I like it, especially the creaminess at the bottom.

 

[Mike Lamb]

I think it's great. I could use a little more space on top above the flower.

 

[kathyt]

 

[vipgraphx]

What a really nice picture. I like the colors in the first one better, it almost looks like a painting. Probably would look good printed on canvas.

 

[snowbear]

Hmmmm . . . I prefer the portrait orientation and the warmth in the original, but I like the crop in the third one.

 

[Shipman]

They are all nice. The only issue I have is that the portrait is not doing it for me. I dont like the aggressive blur on the lower half. The cropped closer shot is way better in my opinion.

 

[kathyt]

Thank you all for your feedback. The first one is defiantly my favorite of the three, and I agree I should add a little room to the top if the flower.

 

[runnah]

Remove the chromatic aberrations and these would be good.

 

[Starskream666]

Bit too tightly cropped for me, i see what the idea was though.

 

[lambertpix]

I like #2 and #3 better than #1. #2 is still too tight at the top, but the negative space to the left helps quite a bit.

In addition to the pure aesthetics of the shots, one of the considerations I completely neglected when I started shooting (and still screw up frequently) is that if you like one of these well enough to print it, a little extra room around the edges can come in pretty handy when you're tucking a photo under matting, and if you want to do something like a gallery wrap, you'll burn up the extra room in the wrapped portion of the photo.

 

[baturn]

I think #3 edges the other two out by just a hair.

 

[peter27]

It's probably me and I'm sure I must be missing something here, but to be quite honest if my prints came back from the lab looking like these, I wouldn't pay for them. Does that sound too harsh? I don't mean to be rude and I've tried to see what everyone is raving about, but sorry.....

 

[kathyt]

It's probably me and I'm sure I must be missing something here, but to be quite honest if my prints came back from the lab looking like these, I wouldn't pay for them. Does that sound too harsh? I don't mean to be rude and I've tried to see what everyone is raving about, but sorry.....

What is it about the images you don't like? I appreciate your honesty, and no need to apologize. This style is definitely not for everyone.