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Which pic is better...

Mrvile

Lifer
I'm entering a school contest (Reflections) in the visual arts and photography categories. For photography, I'm thinking of entering this picture, which was taken late this summer. The theme of the contest is, "I Wonder Why," and I'll be using death as my submission.

I put this picture through Photoshop and came up with two different color themes, the first one portraying death "how it really is" and adding a sense of realism and darkness to the picture, while the second one portrays death as sort of a "happy ending," with more vivid and warmer colors. Which one do you guys like better?

First one (cool colors)
Second one (warm colors)

Or, I can always do a diptych, combining them both into one composition, and using the prompt to question if death is a good or bad thing, or something along those lines. Hey that's not a bad idea...

Anyway feel free to add comments and constructive criticism. Please note that both pictures are resized for the internet and have not yet been cropped.
 
Originally posted by: drum
this pic needs more macro

Well, when I took the pic the only lens I had was the kit lens (18 - 55mm) so I did my best. Can't recompose this one.
 
Originally posted by: Mrvile
Originally posted by: drum
this pic needs more macro

Well, when I took the pic the only lens I had was the kit lens (18 - 55mm) so I did my best. Can't recompose this one.

still a great shot, just a poor observation on my part 😀
 
i accidentally voted for warm- cool colors, for sure. id alter the flower, though- try to make it a little more saturated/yellow.
 
Thanks for the input guys.

Looks like I'll go with cool colors. I'll go back and work on the PP a little more, I just needed to get a rough idea across. Thanks again.
 
The cool one. It portrays cold, dead. Watch your rule of thirds. Both are a little too close to center imo.
 
Originally posted by: Mrvile
Originally posted by: gsellis
The cool one. It portrays cold, dead. Watch your rule of thirds. Both are a little too close to center imo.

That's where crop comes in 😉
Yep.

Just a thought. Have you done this in layers? You could drop the background to shapes of gray and really make it wild.

 
Originally posted by: gsellis
Originally posted by: Mrvile
Originally posted by: gsellis
The cool one. It portrays cold, dead. Watch your rule of thirds. Both are a little too close to center imo.

That's where crop comes in 😉
Yep.

Just a thought. Have you done this in layers? You could drop the background to shapes of gray and really make it wild.

I would but I don't really know how to use Photoshop (all I do is play with the colors, levels, etc. on a single layer) 🙁 🙁
 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Mrvile
Originally posted by: moshquerade
the first one is totally :thumbsup:

mind if i borrow it?

If you want a high res I have it...pm me and I'll email it to you.
so...you got my PM?

Yes. It took me a good damn 6 minutes to attach the pic to the email 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Mrvile
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Mrvile
Originally posted by: moshquerade
the first one is totally :thumbsup:

mind if i borrow it?

If you want a high res I have it...pm me and I'll email it to you.
so...you got my PM?

Yes. It took me a good damn 6 minutes to attach the pic to the email 🙂
huh? dial up? 😛

it took me one second to open it. 😉

 
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