Minnesota Winter and Fall Landscapes...Please Help Me Decide

Jon_Are · May 27, 2009

I know I'm late to the party, but I really love #2. The colors are gorgeous, the shadows add to the image, and the lines (of the trees, horizon, 'fake' horizon, etc.) create a sense of depth and perspective.

Most of the rest are too saturated for my taste.

Good luck!

Jon

NJMAN · May 27, 2009

Jon_Are said:
I know I'm late to the party, but I really love #2. The colors are gorgeous, the shadows add to the image, and the lines (of the trees, horizon, 'fake' horizon, etc.) create a sense of depth and perspective.

Most of the rest are too saturated for my taste.

Good luck!

Jon

Thank you Jon! Really appreciate the comments! I chose #2 because of the comp. It was unlike the traditional comp that I had with #4 and #5. I thought the colors played well together, and the shadow, sun, the direction of the trees all worked pretty good. I'm glad you like it, and Im very grateful that you took the time to say so.

NJ

NateS · May 27, 2009

I know you already entered them, but 1, 2, and 4 are my favs. Your work never ceases to amaze me NJMAN and I personally would be thrilled to have taken shots of the caliber of any of these.

.teardrop · May 27, 2009

3 is definately my favorite, that one is really awesome :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
I love number 2 a lot as well!

NJMAN · May 27, 2009

abraxas said:
NJMAN said:

.... I chose to submit #1, #2, and #6. I should hear the results by June 15. Wish me luck!

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Good choices. Are those oranges?

& good luck.

Nope, they are frozen apples, neglected to be picked within season for some unknown reason. So, here they were in March, all shriveled and frozen on the trees, rows and rows of them in a local orchard. Its a shame too, because I live in a town known for its 23 different apple varieties. The apple crop must have been very bountiful in 2008. I don't think anyone has orange trees around here in Minnesota.

NateS said:
I know you already entered them, but 1, 2, and 4 are my favs. Your work never ceases to amaze me NJMAN and I personally would be thrilled to have taken shots of the caliber of any of these.

Well that's mighty nice of you to say Nate! Many thanks for those extremely kind words. I do love to shoot landscapes.

ValDR · May 28, 2009

1 4 5 6 my choice (not in a hierarchical manner). Love the colors in all of them

I dont like 3. Looks too artificial, I think you have exaggerated with PS in this one.

NJMAN · May 28, 2009

.teardrop said:
3 is definately my favorite, that one is really awesome :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
I love number 2 a lot as well!

Thanks teardrop! Appreciate the nice comments very much!

ValDR said:
1 4 5 6 my choice (not in a hierarchical manner). Love the colors in all of them

I dont like 3. Looks too artificial, I think you have exaggerated with PS in this one.

Yes, I realize #3 is not everyone's cup of tea. Thanks Valdr for ranking your favorites. It helps a lot.

PhotoXopher · May 28, 2009

Being an Minnesotan myself I think 1,2 and 5 are excellent representations of our state.

Nice work on all of them however, and good luck!

Edit:
I guess I should have read the whole thread first but oh well, you picked some winners in my book.

NJMAN · May 29, 2009

N0YZE said:
Being an Minnesotan myself I think 1,2 and 5 are excellent representations of our state.

Nice work on all of them however, and good luck!

Edit:
I guess I should have read the whole thread first but oh well, you picked some winners in my book.

No problem. Thanks for your input. Much appreciated!

For everyone who participated in this thread, and gave their opinions on entry choices, I want to let you that I have an update. I just recently received the contest results!

Just a little background on the contest, it is sponsored by my phone company, and the winner receives a cash award and their image printed on the cover of the coming year's phone directory. I just learned that there was 108 total entries, and my image #6 (the swallowtail butterfly) won 3rd place. So the winner, whoever that is, will have their photo printed on the cover of the next phone book.

I guess I was a little disappointed, because my hopes were set a little bit higher than usual. You see, the winner last year (for the 2008 directory) was me. :mrgreen: The image that won last year was this one:
http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/landscape-cityscape/125165-sunset-marsh.html (image #3).

photonuts · May 30, 2009

I will pick #1 first and #3 second and follow by #6, #2, #4 and #5

Don't get me wrong, they are all good !! Nicely done!!

NJMAN · May 31, 2009

photonuts said:
I will pick #1 first and #3 second and follow by #6, #2, #4 and #5

Don't get me wrong, they are all good !! Nicely done!!

Thanks for the very nice comments, and your opinion on the rank order.

RJohnston · May 31, 2009

Just saw this today but I like your choices...

Froggy · May 31, 2009

Stunning shots dude! Especially the first one

Pity about the flare on the second one, I know how it's difficult to avoid that thing with this angle. I heard about an anti-flare filter some time ago, but I don't know if that's efficient...
Otherwise, by placing the hand over the lens to shade it is enough to avoid flares, most of the time.

By the way, I think you should reduce your wartemark which is too big. It attracts our eye too much.

Keep up the good work!

NJMAN · Jun 1, 2009

RJohnston said:
Just saw this today but I like your choices...

Thank you for taking the time to comment!

Froggy said:
Stunning shots dude! Especially the first one
Pity about the flare on the second one, I know how it's difficult to avoid that thing with this angle. I heard about an anti-flare filter some time ago, but I don't know if that's efficient...
Otherwise, by placing the hand over the lens to shade it is enough to avoid flares, most of the time.

By the way, I think you should reduce your wartemark which is too big. It attracts our eye too much.

Keep up the good work!

Thanks very much Froggy! Yes, about the flare, I went back and forth about that and thought about cloning it out. Obviously I did not clone it out before i posted the pics. Some have said it looks cool, but they were non photographers. I think its more a distraction than anything for those of you that have more of a trained eye. So, thanks for bringing that up. I had the lens hood on at the time, but apparently it did not prevent the flare completely because I was shooting straight into the sun.

Thanks very much for the analysis. It helps tremendously. I'm always looking to improve.