Help me pick a winner. Loon Ushering in the Apocalypse!

[runnah]

Let me know which one, if any, work. (can you tell I milked this spot)

#1 Long crop with bouys

Loonfire by runnah555, on Flickr

#2 long crop sans bouys

Loonfire2 by runnah555, on Flickr

#3 Noisy

Loonfire23 by runnah555, on Flickr

#4 Pretty much SOC with minor vibrance adjustments.

Loonfire4 by runnah555, on Flickr

 

[ffarl]

#1. No good reason. Just like it. Nice work!

 

[sm4him]

How about #1, without the pole nearest to the bird?
The first one is definitely my favorite. I like the crop, and I think it just loses something in #2 without either of the poles there.

 

[mishele]

Yep. What Sharon said. The middle buoy competes w/ the birdie. Great catch!!

 

[Braineack]

#1, but i wouldn't mind if you removed the tiny post in the bg. In fact I think you should.

 

[limr33 2]

How about #1, without the pole nearest to the bird?
The first one is definitely my favorite. I like the crop, and I think it just loses something in #2 without either of the poles there.

#1, but i wouldn't mind if you removed the tiny post in the bg. In fact I think you should.

+1

 

[batmura]

#1 for me. I like that one best. Great work.

 

[runnah]

Thanks. I didn't really think #1 "fit" compositionally.

 

[ronlane]

I would clone out the very back bouy in #1. For some reason, my eyes want to go back there instead of on the bird.

 

[Shipman]

1.

 

[minicoop1985]

4. Because it's... more? They're all great, but... yeah. 4.

 

[JTPhotography]

1, with the middle bouy cloned out. Nice work.

 

[Woodsman]

1. It holds my interest

 

[DougGrigg]

I tend to look into #1 alot more than the others!