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[DRabbit]

Which one of these do you like best?

http://www.dangrabbit.com/photography/albums/album01/salutetothetroops.jpg

http://www.dangrabbit.com/photography/albums/album01/salutetoasoldier.jpg


and which one of these do you like best?

http://www.dangrabbit.com/photography/albums/New/taleof2cities_panods.jpg

http://www.dangrabbit.com/photography/albums/New/taleof2cities5.jpg



And out of all four, which is your favorite?

Thanks!

[rlrouse]

I like the 2nd one the most - but they're all very good!

[Denny G]

The first shot in the first set is my favorite and the best of all four shots. The third and forth are just to busy/cluttered.

DG

[kenyc]

The last one. The contrast and blending of dead and alive is a wonderful concept....and the may walking among the dead.....

KAC

[DRabbit]

Which is better... with or without the tree?

http://www.dangrabbit.com/photography/albums/album01/salutetothetroops.jpg

http://www.dangrabbit.com/photography/albums/album01/salutetothetroops2.jpg

[dazzlebea]

First set: #2, but the first one is better exposed and composed
Second set: #1

About the tree, it (and the bench around it) is the reason why I preferthe second version. I guess your clone-job worked but now the bench bugs me more.

Great shots, all of them :)

[manipula]

Shot two. Though I'd be tempted to punch that flag colour up slightly more. Of the second pair of shots, I prefer the first.

[Alec Trevelyan]

Pump up the red on #2 and you've got it :)

[Jubilee32]

I like the first one best of all. As for the cloning, I am not in faor of takingout things that were purposely put there as part of the environment. I can understand utility poles or people walking by but the tree is a part of the scene. That all being said gray areas always exist and it looks like you did a good job of it.

[DRabbit]

I like the first one best of all. As for the cloning, I am not in faor of takingout things that were purposely put there as part of the environment. I can understand utility poles or people walking by but the tree is a part of the scene. That all being said gray areas always exist and it looks like you did a good job of it.

I actually agree with you Jubilee... on top of that, I think the benches look all the more awkward out there without the tree in the center of them, like was intended - so I think the version without the tree just don't feel right to me. The trees are part of the park, and the benches too (as the benches and even some trees are also dedicated to soldiers).

[Jubilee32]

It is an interesting issue - actually the photo "looks" better without the tree . . .

Where were these taken? Good shots!

[DRabbit]

Yeah, see I don't agree (about the tree) and maybe that's just because I know it's supposed to be there. I've decided to leave it in. It is an interesting issue, and for the most part I have no problem using the clone brush in a photo to get rid of distractions or fix blemishes, but sometimes I want the site to look as it was intended.

The first two shots were taken at Calverton National Cemetery (http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/calverton.asp) on Long Island... the largest national cemetery with over 187,000+ interments. My father has a commemorative marker there (he was cremated and his ashes scattered), my uncle is buried there, and my maternal grandfather's ashes are interred there.

The second two were taken right outside of Calvary Cemetery, which is one of the largest and oldest cemeteries in the United States. It's in Queens, NY. Apparently there are over 3,000,000 interments there.