Which?

[kc_bodyboard]

ive narrowed my photos down to these 6, il enter one in the kenilworth art competition and both in the school arts comp.

im stuck on all of them, so i'd really appreciate the feedback on them.

hub cap


skating


cabarita


hayden cervi


hippeastrum


daylily



Thanks, Casey.

[captain_awesome]

is the a theme/guildlines to the comp? Not really sure with out that, also if you head here theres another one that you could use some surf/skate photos into

[Swoodle]

How could anyone not like the shot out of the tube!

[caspian]

what's the point of that hubcap one? The composition/lighting isn't that interesting.. a rather boring photo.

Your skating one and that Cabarita one are great.

[miiichael]

no idea what the brief is, but...

the skating one is my pick.

[kc_bodyboard]

the kenilworth art show and the school one are both general photography.

well the hub cap one is ruled out, not than an interesting photo.

still stuck between the last five though.

[miiichael]

i think you should be deciding between 2 and 3.

[Conjob v1.1]

Cabarita no doubt about it the most interesting pic.. Although maybe try rotate it a little so that the wave is running parallel with the framing. Just to give it some balance. Although who knows maybe itll throw it out of wack.

[kc_bodyboard]

Cabarita no doubt about it the most interesting pic.. Although maybe try rotate it a little so that the wave is running parallel with the framing. Just to give it some balance. Although who knows maybe itll throw it out of wack.

nah dude, i just tried it then in ightroom and it looks shit, i think the horizon matters more than the swell lines/wave

[caspian]

you don't always want super balanced/centred stuff anyway, I generally find most of the best photos come when the thing of interest is a bit off centre.

Cabarita has fantastic lighting too.. love how the dude is a complete silouhette (sic). Photoshop, I guess?

[kc_bodyboard]

you don't always want super balanced/centred stuff anyway, I generally find most of the best photos come when the thing of interest is a bit off centre.

ye thats what ive always found and what mum tells me.

Cabarita has fantastic lighting too.. love how the dude is a complete silouhette (sic). Photoshop, I guess?

i didnt actually do much to this photo, just grayscale, upped contrast a tad and down brightness a tad, and then straightened the horizon

[robbo911]

yeh definitely keep the straightened horizon, unless your going for a weird look which is hard to pull off, a crooked horizon just feels really unnatural. i like the looking out the barrel one the most out of them, but the silhouette one is also nice. The other photos arent bad, like the skateing one, but just not particularly interesting. Its not a criticism as such, its just your in that phase which everyone goes through when they start taking photos. Its all part of the development of your photographic style. Keep it up

[kc_bodyboard]

yeh definitely keep the straightened horizon, unless your going for a weird look which is hard to pull off, a crooked horizon just feels really unnatural. i like the looking out the barrel one the most out of them, but the silhouette one is also nice. The other photos arent bad, like the skateing one, but just not particularly interesting. Its not a criticism as such, its just your in that phase which everyone goes through when they start taking photos. Its all part of the development of your photographic style. Keep it up

sweet thanks for that, think i'll get the cabarita and out of the barrel ones printed.
And yeah, so many amateur photographers taking cliched photos that just arent there

[Conjob v1.1]

To be honest i didnt even realise the horizon in that cabarita pic. Thats kinda why i liked it most because i thought i was all water filling the frame.

[kc_bodyboard]

ive decided to enter then cabarita in the kenilwroth art show and(get the cabarita one back) and enter cabarita, hayden cervi and skating into school one

skating


cabarita


hayden cervi


thanks for yo help, casey.