help me choose a picture!

Kaiser2012 · 11-10-2012, 08:17 PM

I have 7 pictures to choose from to enter a VERY broad photography contest for my job (which is ironically not really photography based). Basically, I like each picture for different reasons but I don't love any of them wholly for the contest itself. I had to take the picture within the last 9 weeks, and since I'm limited in what I could photograph (and I am limited in my editing tools) I don't have many options (hence why you see Kaiser a repeatedly). I'm looking for some fresh eyes to give me some ideas on what works and what doesnt...or more simply, which picture would you choose (and why).

I'm going to keep my personal critique to myself since each image has individual aspects that really, really bug me. I'll try not to distract from your opinions right off the bat...and besides, we are often our own worst critics, right?

If you click on this link, it will take you to where you can view each image.

contest pictures - a set on Flickr

Gharrissc · 11-10-2012, 08:23 PM

I like the one at the lake? as well as the spider web.

llombardo · 11-10-2012, 08:26 PM

I think they all are great shots

I like the outdoorsy shots..the lake and the deer are really nice. The dog ones are beautiful too...Oh I just can't decide!!

Nigel · 11-10-2012, 08:32 PM

I like the frisbee and the fall one, but the lake one looks nice too.

Kaiser2012 · 11-10-2012, 08:34 PM

its hard for me too. I'm super anal about my photography so I've gone back and forth over the past day about even finding a picture to enter (and like I said above, I don't really LOVE any of these pictures). I work much better off of guidelines, lol.

TommyB681 · 11-10-2012, 08:53 PM

That is a tough decision. I like all of them, partial to the ones of the dogs and the deer. So between 2 I vote the deer and the frisbee pictures. Good luck

DJEtzel · 11-10-2012, 09:14 PM

I don't like the football, deer, spider web, or frisbee pictures.

That would leave the lake, and two of Kaiser. I'd narrow it to the lake and the still of Kaiser; of which I'd choose the dog because that is more unique. Anyone can take a picture of that lake!

I don't like the deer because there is too much of the same color and much of the side is blurred with tree.

I don't like the football because there's not much dept of field and a lot going on.

I don't like the frisbee shot because too many elements are blurred.

I don't like spiders.

And when I say I don't like them, I mean for a contest of the choices, not that they aren't great shots.

Just my two cents!

Zeeva · 11-10-2012, 11:19 PM

I'm partial to Kaiser c: I like the one of him running full speed best.
Other than the two of Kaiser, I like the lake one.
Can we vote for you in the competition?!?

**Liesje** · 11-10-2012, 11:21 PM

I hate spiders but I like the spiderweb picture the best. I love the bokeh colors and of the bunch that one seems like it would be the hardest to find and capture well.

Aramis' Mummy · 11-10-2012, 11:51 PM

I like pictures that invoke some sort of feeling so I like the one of the lake and the one of kaiser on the rock.

11-10-2012, 08:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kaiser2012 Elite Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Outer Banks, NC Posts: 1,071	help me choose a picture! I have 7 pictures to choose from to enter a VERY broad photography contest for my job (which is ironically not really photography based). Basically, I like each picture for different reasons but I don't love any of them wholly for the contest itself. I had to take the picture within the last 9 weeks, and since I'm limited in what I could photograph (and I am limited in my editing tools) I don't have many options (hence why you see Kaiser a repeatedly). I'm looking for some fresh eyes to give me some ideas on what works and what doesnt...or more simply, which picture would you choose (and why). I'm going to keep my personal critique to myself since each image has individual aspects that really, really bug me. I'll try not to distract from your opinions right off the bat...and besides, we are often our own worst critics, right? If you click on this link, it will take you to where you can view each image. contest pictures - a set on Flickr __________________ Kaiser ~ Jan 25, 2012 (GSD) Dakota ~ Oct 2005 (GSD/Collie) Kya ~ (Cat) http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsnail17/

11-10-2012, 08:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
llombardo Crowned Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,950	I think they all are great shots I like the outdoorsy shots..the lake and the deer are really nice. The dog ones are beautiful too...Oh I just can't decide!! __________________ Misty- Samoyed Mix Tannor- Golden Retriever CGC Robyn- German Shepherd CGC Cats-Thunder, Harley, Miley, Bandit, and Ferah RIP Boo..Black Lab "A dog is the only thing on this earth that loves you more than he loves himself."

11-10-2012, 08:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
Kaiser2012 Elite Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Outer Banks, NC Posts: 1,071	its hard for me too. I'm super anal about my photography so I've gone back and forth over the past day about even finding a picture to enter (and like I said above, I don't really LOVE any of these pictures). I work much better off of guidelines, lol. __________________ Kaiser ~ Jan 25, 2012 (GSD) Dakota ~ Oct 2005 (GSD/Collie) Kya ~ (Cat) http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsnail17/

11-10-2012, 09:14 PM	#7 (permalink)
DJEtzel Crowned Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 3,592	I don't like the football, deer, spider web, or frisbee pictures. That would leave the lake, and two of Kaiser. I'd narrow it to the lake and the still of Kaiser; of which I'd choose the dog because that is more unique. Anyone can take a picture of that lake! I don't like the deer because there is too much of the same color and much of the side is blurred with tree. I don't like the football because there's not much dept of field and a lot going on. I don't like the frisbee shot because too many elements are blurred. I don't like spiders. And when I say I don't like them, I mean for a contest of the choices, not that they aren't great shots. Just my two cents! __________________ Danielle, owner of... Fraggle Rock Collars & Three lovely boys; Fraggle Vom Richcreek CGC Sir; Rescued APBT Red Dog's Reconnaissance Man

11-10-2012, 11:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
Zeeva Knighted Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,264	I'm partial to Kaiser c: I like the one of him running full speed best. Other than the two of Kaiser, I like the lake one. Can we vote for you in the competition?!? __________________ A dog's smile is on his butt! c:

11-10-2012, 08:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
Gharrissc Knighted Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: South Carolina Posts: 2,760	I like the one at the lake? as well as the spider web.

11-10-2012, 08:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
Nigel Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,480	I like the frisbee and the fall one, but the lake one looks nice too.

11-10-2012, 08:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
TommyB681 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Newark, DE Posts: 499	That is a tough decision. I like all of them, partial to the ones of the dogs and the deer. So between 2 I vote the deer and the frisbee pictures. Good luck

11-10-2012, 11:21 PM	#9 (permalink)
Liesje Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 16,269	I hate spiders but I like the spiderweb picture the best. I love the bokeh colors and of the bunch that one seems like it would be the hardest to find and capture well. __________________ Liesje & the K9s Nikon (GSD) U-CH SG Alta-Tollhaus Bono SchH1 KKL T1 FO PA TF-III FDCh-S CL1-R UJJ U-CA HIT TT CGC Coke (All-American) VPC's Coca-Cola CGC, couch warmer extraordinaire Indy (All-American) Blue Horizon's Indigo Girl, flyball star in training Rainbow Bridge Kenya (GSD) U-CH Alta-Tollhaus-Krieger Lamb Chop CL1-R CL1-F RA HIT TDI TT CGC vom Blauen Horizont / Blue Horizon GSDs

11-10-2012, 11:51 PM	#10 (permalink)
Aramis' Mummy Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Fraser Valley,British Columbia Posts: 30	I like pictures that invoke some sort of feeling so I like the one of the lake and the one of kaiser on the rock.

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