I’ve just had an email from my father asking which of the following two images he has taken do I think is the best? So in the spirit of social media - perhaps you could comment on which you prefer and why…
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First image is more striking because of the immediacy, size and colour of the cloud; second image is cropped better to include more foreground. But I’d go for emotion every time, so it has to be the first.
Door #1. The treetops all appears to be pointing at the darkest bit of the clouds. Consequently, it’s hard for me to pull my eyes away from the right-hand corner. Richard says emotion, I say photo number one has more “energy.”
But I like #2 as well…your dad is a great photographer.
Picture No#2 is better…since it qualifies for the 1/3rd rule in photogrpahy… and it gives a better perespective and justice to the scenario
Thanks for all your comments
Definitely the second. The elements are much more in balance, which (to me) makes it a more attractive image.
But then I’m a marketer, not a photographer…
Number two definitely for all the reasons above and because number one looks like it could be fake.
OK, I am not voting twice but I do want to add in a thought I had when I first examined these two photos. To me photograph #1 is reminiscent of the type of landscape shots that Ansel Adams took. IMNSHO, many masterful photographs do not observe 1/3 rules of photography/balance, etc.
Check out this slide show of some of Adams’ work to see what I mean: http://www.sierraclub.org/ansel_adams/slideshow.asp
(FYI, not too long ago the Art Gallery of Ontario featured a special exhibit of the photography of Ansel Adams and Alfred Eisenstaedt. Coincidentally, this exhibit was part of a hugely successful blogger outreach program initiated by Eli Singer and one of two case studies Eli covered in the recent Canadian Public Relations Society webinar.)