Just fooling around some conversions.

[Boutte]

 

[Timoris]

I like the first one because it is crisp.

For the second, it seems quite busy and I am having trouble concentrating, too many distractions. I would have liked to see more of the tree, bowing over the grave.

For the third, it reminds me of a picture that would be seen in a textbook. Although I like what is being done with the sky and clouds, I would trim a little off the top and even less on either side, bringing the boat out.

 

[Derrel]

I like the first one too, but it appears over-sharpened on the father figure's head and hat edge. The sky in the steamboat looks a bit too dark in the upper left corner for my taste.

 

[Boutte]

Good points....

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[Timoris]

Much better for the steamboat, although I would keep the paddle and trail more towards the right as the "Center of Gravity" of the boat is towards the left.

 

[Boutte]

Yeah but there's a lot of clutter in the bg to the right.

 

[Derrel]

You really nailed it in the family of four sculpture! The re-work looks superb! I also like the streamboat with the sky looking , "a bit less polarizer'd". Hopwever, I kind of miss the dark building and the crane in the background of that photo of the Creole Queen (what a great name!). I thin k having the crane adds a bit, and also adds simple space for the boat to be heading into. I bet that photo would look good large, but here on TPF, a photography site, we have to look at photos at 1,000 pixels or smaller...