I was asked a couple of times for the color version of my entry, so here it is. I swapped the color and B&W back and forth several times but felt the B&W was more dramatic in the end. Also the cloud in the top right is burned out in the color version which I really didn't like.
haha...I put in a thread before the challenge that i wasn't sure if I should enter the color or b/w of my photo. I chose b/w and one of my first comments wished they saw it in color. So my outtakes...please comment if you like.
I was asked a couple of times for the color version of my entry, so here it is. I swapped the color and B&W back and forth several times but felt the B&W was more dramatic in the end. Also the cloud in the top right is burned out in the color version which I really didn't like.
i prefer your outtake but my husband LOVED your submission so it may just be me. for some reason i couldnt really get past that cow whos face was cut off a bit by the hill. just one of those weird things that irks you i guess. hth
Completely different to what I entered. Next time I won't leave it to 4 hours before closing time (1am here) before starting to sort out the entire months pictures! :D
I was asked a couple of times for the color version of my entry, so here it is. I swapped the color and B&W back and forth several times but felt the B&W was more dramatic in the end. Also the cloud in the top right is burned out in the color version which I really didn't like.
I love the B&W version. The color one doesn't suck, but the B&W is stunning.
Completely different to what I entered. Next time I won't leave it to 4 hours before closing time (1am here) before starting to sort out the entire months pictures! :D
The one you entered was in my top 10 - don't know why it wasn't in everyone else's.
Looking over many of the questions before this post ...
Kudzu: I'm also a little tired of IR, but I gave yours a 6. I would've given the orangutan a 7 or 8. Go retake it for the current single tree challenge, and I'd score it higher for meeting the challenge so well.
Scarbrd: Gave the flamingo a 7, prob would have given the aquarium the same, but it would've been a "higher" 7.
TJ: I loved the redo boa. Voted it a 7, would've given the B&W a 6.
Arancha: Gave your photo a 7, too, because of the colors. I wouldn't have gone so high on your alternative.
Pug-H: I loved how those fireworks morphed with your technique. Thanks for explaining it in your comments. You can really set your shutter to 1/1.4 second? This one looks like an anemone, and without any foreground context, that's what I would've thought it was!
I'm thrilled with the result on my entry, but I agonized over which one to put in. I knew it would be from my Alps trip, just not which one.
Here were the other serious contenders. Anyone prefer any of these? Hearing your thoughts on why, as well, as which, will help me in the future. Thanks in advance!
I totally forgot to enter and asked my wife to sharpen the resize. I had already done all the rest of the editing, I just put off deciding which pic to enter. So, something got mis-communicated there on the phone (no PS at work anymore), and I couldn't tell on my crappy work laptop LCD if what I was seeing was right or not anyway. :(
