C&C on my PP please (2 pics)

[SENSEI]

Just thought I would try out some new techniques I saw online recently...
My gut tells me they are abit too blurry, but wanted some feedback on the pose and composition as well...

Thanks all...

http://SENSEI.smugmug.com/photos/172661804-M.jpg

http://SENSEI.smugmug.com/photos/172661915-M.jpg

[howzitboy]

kewl shots! i like em both. just on second shot, id dodge the guy on the right a bit so he's same brightness as the other 4.

[jessiper]

I think the first is a bit too tilted, but the colors and lighting is very nice. I don't like the coat rack in the second, or how you cut off the guys back, but they all look very relaxed.

[liza]

I hate the tilt, but the PP is great. The colors and lighting are nice. And I agree that the coat rack makes for a messy shot, although the posing is very natural looking.

[MrsOpie]

I love both shots and the post processing.

[SENSEI]

Thanks for the feedback guys...
I was trying to experiment with the tilt and always forget to take one straight as a backup. ughh...

The couch pic wasn't posed at all...just hanging out before the guests arrived...should've put more though into framing...hmmm I thought the coat rack help set the location of the shot...

[Kathy H]

Very nice shots! The PP is very pretty on the first one and the tilt doesn't make me not like the shot, but I think I would enjoy it more as a horizontal. The second one is a great relaxed capture, I'm sure they will love it!