help me choose a photo

[mrgtturbo]

I wish to make a web page, (or small site if you will), and I know nothing about web design or "advertising" if you wish to call it that. This page is mostly about showing some of my images, but keeping open to other possibilities as time goes on.

I only have a small assortment of human images I have the legal right to use for myself, however many in the realm of landscapes, animals, ect.

But here are a couple I could dig up quickly for consideration.

#1. I know there is a little PP work to be done to it, this is basically as shot from the camera.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v37/mrgtturbo/web%20maybe/IMG_0402-adj-01-x10.jpg

#2. Was something done out of fun with a friend of mine to be his new myspace photo. lol Put little time into it... (it was for fun).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v37/mrgtturbo/web%20maybe/IMG_3448-final-x800.jpg

#3. A fair amount of time has gone into, but I question going back and touching up several things. Hasn't been high on the priority list though as I do think it looks nice as is... and I am not showing anything yet, (well I guess I am here). lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v37/mrgtturbo/web%20maybe/IMG_3357-9ex-phdr-Final-x800.jpg

Would any of these be something that could work as an enterance photo... or should i be looking for something completely different?

Thanks.
Aaron

[mrgtturbo]

Am I to assume everyone hates these photos also?

If they are not liked I would appreciate knowing why so that I may improve on whatever it is that I am doing wrong.

Aaron

[tonydee]

#1 is a very good shot... the others I wouldn't use. Specifically, #1 is moody and a bit intimate, evocative and she's very beautiful. It shows elements such as use of depth of field that suggest a skilled photographer with an SLR rather than a snapshot with a compact. #2 does look more snapshot. #3 is too dark, and the subject way too central. You've jacked up the tone mapping which makes it a bit different to what the post-processing unaware compact owner can manage, but that's about all the photo has to offer, and it's not nearly enough.

Of these, definitely go with #1.

Cheers, Tony

[Max Demian]

Hey Aaron.

#1 is nice. Having her hair under total control on location in a windy situation is tricky as you might have noticed.

#2 does nothing for me and looks kinda snapshotty if there is such a word....

#3 feels a bit cluttered and you can't make the subject out of the background. Also it's a bit underexposed and too dead-center for my taste, making it feel very static or dull but that's just me. Nice PP on the clouds though.

Keep practicing!

[mrgtturbo]

Thanks Tony.

#2 Was just done for fun. Like I said it was for his myspace thing... nothing special, but with his head in the head racket we thought it showed something of a fun nature.

#3 The tree is too central... infact I think it's almost perfectly centered. lol The point of that photo wasn't so much the tree, (and also why the photo was so processed). Behind the tree clouds fill the sky all except a few spots which make a face looking though the clouds, centered in the tree. I saw it and had to snap quick as to not miss the moment. It was as if God was looking though the clouds at the tree. Shows up much better being processed this heavily. If posted on my site it would be posted with the caption. "God is Watching". The face would probably be picked up on more easily then.

Thanks again for replying.

Aaron

[mrgtturbo]

Thanks for commenting Max.

I understand completely what you're saying.
And if you happen to write Webster about adding the word"snapshotty" to their newest edition... feel free to send that photo with it. My friend Lee, (in the photo), would be very grateful to find his photo land there rather than under some other choice word. lol

Aaron

[scorpio_e]

#1 Nice model..Good comp.. I like shadows but this one does not work for me.
#2 I do not like his tongue sticking out and the sunglasses. It's pretty much dead center.
IMHO it does not exude anything special.
#3 Nice post processing but it is a tree dead centered with nothing really interesting.

Good luck and keep shooting !!

[DerekSimon]

Out of the three I am tending to like number 3 out of them all but it does seem as if there is too much in the shot. What draws my attention to it is the effect. Nice shots overall