Lake Tahoe and Northstar

[Clay Kerri]

took these between the 800 family portraits i shot at the reunion this weekend.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2724/4024605923_f0501eacde.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2473/4025359060_0eb402b800.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2737/4025359112_920099dbc3.jpg

Please tear them apart!

[Clay Kerri]

0 for 30? am I really that bad? haha

[Flo]

First they are on the small side...but I llike the first very much, looks lovely.
Second is a room, nothing exciting for me, but I bet you slept like a baby!;)
Third seems to be this side of dark.lost details in the base of the photo?
I would like to see the first larger!

[Clay Kerri]

Sorry for the size, i just copied them directly from flickr.

Here they are in full sizes:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2724/4024605923_f0501eacde_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2473/4025359060_0eb402b800_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2737/4025359112_920099dbc3_b.jpg

thanks for the reply!

[Flo]

Better!
If it were me, I would crop some top off that first one..there is a Rule of Thirds, while never a set thing.the geese right now cut the photo in half.
Top those trees.and it probably is my eyes, but its it slightly titled?

[Clay Kerri]

yeah, i have never been able to get a perfectly flat shot for some reason haha
it's always one or two degrees tilted, and I never seem to notice until someone points it out.
I was originally going to crop it, but I couldn't find a crop I liked. The one I liked most was with just the water left, but felt it left the image too wide.

[Digitally_Altered]

I might crop out the lead bird and lose a little more of the trees, so they dont look so "boxed in"

[corkneyfonz]

I like them all, no2 is what would be dismissed at camera club level as a record shot, but its pro quality. No1 is very interesting, I agree that a crop is necessary, going so far as below the oof highlights would be my choice. No 3 really shouldn't work but its a keeper.

[mikekelley]

The bird shot is awesome. The rest don't do much, but theyre a good record of your trip.
The tree shot might be cool in a high contrast b+w.

[Clay Kerri]

thanks for all the positive feedback guys!
love the critique i get here.

[Lightworks Imaging]

Well for what it's worth, I'm pretty sure that the innkeeper would simply love #2! I'm betting his brochure does not have images like that. #1 is good on a number of levels. #3, I agree is too dark, unless you were after a silhouette of the tree line.