Some rings' shots..C&C please

[ana1976]

Hello there all of you..not much posting here as I am a professional as you but I enjoy all of your work really...

I have some ring shots that I did last nice for my sister in law...please tell me your opinions...

1-
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/3065940797_1e225172bc.jpg


2-
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/3065933533_6cacf8b8b4.jpg

3-
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/3065925251_229830476b.jpg

4-
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/3065912035_296ba0b331.jpg

[hanselito]

Honestly there is way too much going on. The butterfly and all the glitter is very, VERY distracting, and therefore obscures the fact that there are rings in the photos. Maybe if you can blur out everything other than the rings, it might be okay.

[ana1976]

thanks for the comment and I appreciate it very much though I may disagree with you as I see the things you see distracting are contributing to the image ..

anyway I very much respect your opinion..thanks greatly:D

[viet]

Hanselito was right, too much distraction.

You don't want to lose the viewers' focus on the rings. If you want your to help move focus to the rings by other structures, you should find something that helps lead their eyes to the rings, very subtly. Your butterflies have no directional pointer, the wings are in full focus, makes it hard to tell which one is your actual subject.

[brit84]

rings look oof in 1 and 4 looks oof to me

[Foxgguy2001]

Agreed with viet and the whole 'focus' deal. Also, for some reason both rings being on the same 'plane' kinda bothers me. #2 looks like the best of the batch, some PP could go a long way into making these better.

[ana1976]

thanls to all of you..I really appreciate the advice ..

As for PP, I am still learning in that aspect too so if you foxgguy or any of you can show me some examples of what can be done with those pictures with PP I would be much grateful :)

[Peacefield]

I'll echo everyone's statements about too much glitter, distraction, etc., leaving the rings a little lost in the picture. I do like the idea, but I think something more subdued that the rings can contrast with would make it a better picture.

Enjoy.

[alduin]

I agree with the distractions and focus issues above. It also looks like there are two different light sources with different color temperatures giving parts of the images a yellow cast and other parts a blue cast. It's most evident in #3 and #4.