Which one (pics) ?

NorthCascades
NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
In the old days, film cost money to buy, and to develop, so you had to be frugal with your shots. Now pixels are free, and everybody does a little spray and pray. Unfortunately I can be indecisive.

I'm putting together a photo book of cycling pictures for a friend. I can't decide between these two, would love some feedback or I'll have to flip a coin. I already have plenty of photos with bikes in them, so that's not really a factor in this choice.

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  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    That first one makes me want to buy a plane ticket to wherever it is.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Top one
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    The top one, it is fascinating.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    Wow, it's unanimous! I'm glad I asked, I was leaning toward the second one, but the memory of being there that day can be hard to separate from the pics themselves.
    Duck_Puddle wrote: »
    That first one makes me want to buy a plane ticket to wherever it is.

    Meadows campground at Harts Pass, near Mazama Wa. The road closes for the season, it will open again around July 4 and will be full of wildflowers.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    Personal preference is the second.

    The dip in the landscape draws me in. (It has a hard focus) The handlebars, I, personally, would have preferred not to have them in the pic, but they do work.

    The first one I also love. It is the wide open vista of the same landscape. You must have taken them seconds apart.

    Look at what you are saying in your narrative. Is it time to draw the viewer in, or are you wanting them to feel as though they are 'free'.

    Look to your narrative as, as always, your eye is excellent.

    Cheers, h.
  • Anna022119
    Anna022119 Posts: 547 Member
    First one.
  • Leannep2201
    Leannep2201 Posts: 441 Member
    Definitely first one. I love the way you can see the path fading into the distance. It makes me want to follow it to see where it goes!
  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
    As a photographer, I vote top one as well. I do like the second one, but think it could use a lens correction to remove some of the fish eye effect.
  • mom23mangos
    mom23mangos Posts: 3,069 Member
    First
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    I like the first one as the trail suggest a journey and moving through the landscape, that's the essence of cycling for me.

    Too much sky in the second for my tastes and handlebars really aren't interesting.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Why not both?

    I like the first one...
  • Rocknut53
    Rocknut53 Posts: 1,794 Member
    First one, though they are both nice.
  • RunsWithBees
    RunsWithBees Posts: 1,508 Member
    First pic. The second one seems to want to trigger my vertigo :#
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,750 Member
    First one, especially since I've walked on that road.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    edited October 2018
    first one, especially since you don't need the bike, there is more road and I like the way it fades into the distance
  • youngmomtaz
    youngmomtaz Posts: 1,075 Member
    edited October 2018
    They are both beautiful but I would have picked the second. I love the angle of the road Vs landscape in the second, the illusion of more unmarked land(how can you tell I am a backcountry hiker) than road to explore, and the darker blues in the sky.
  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,563 Member
    Leannep2201 wrote: »
    Definitely first one. I love the way you can see the path fading into the distance. It makes me want to follow it to see where it goes!

    +1
  • MaggieGirl135
    MaggieGirl135 Posts: 1,033 Member
    My vote is for the first one. It looks beautiful there.
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,456 Member
    First one 👍
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    The first one needs the right quarter cropped off so that the Fibonacci focal point is in the right place.

    The second one is better because the bike creates a harmonious rule of thirds focal point.

  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    Much nicer depth in the first.
  • KelGen02
    KelGen02 Posts: 668 Member
    My vote is the 2nd one only because it has the bike in it and you said cycling book soo... lol
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    It's interesting that these two very similar photos have such a different feel to them. The openness of the first one gives me a feeling of freedom and adventure while the second one feels much more desolate, yet I find it very captivating. I think I'm in the minority here in that I find the second one more intriguing in that I feel like it better captures the emotion of the landscape.
  • krisleve7707
    krisleve7707 Posts: 18 Member
    i like the first one better
  • JBanx256
    JBanx256 Posts: 1,479 Member
    top
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