Which perspective??

Want to know which perspective works better on a previously posted photo.Thanks

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I think the first one is more dramatic. I like to see the diagonal elements coming all the way down to the corners of the image. It really caused the eye to follow the lines.

I also like the first one .... following the lines it is like the anticipation while on a roller coaster getting ready for the next drop

#2 ....definately

I don't like the black bars at top and bottom. I don't like interaction between the scene and the frame - it always seems too much of a gimmick.

Second one by far. The upper one looks too spindly and the lower one looks more robust. I like being able to see more of object rather than looking at an edge.

First by a long shot. Much more of a sense of falling into the frame.

While it is sort of an interesting geometric pattern, I don't see it as something that I would come back to after an initial viewing because it just doesn't seem to have enough of a message. I see the background as only being what artists refer to as "negative space" which does not help provide context in this instance and, perhaps because of that, the central object takes some work to see it as being three dimensional. While the DOF is technically interesting, it also is responsible for making the overall image look flat in my judgment.

It's a beautiful shot. "One Time" Permission to edit?

#2 for me.

Another vote for #2.

I like #2 the best.

Robert_Lay wrote in post #7449807
I don't like the black bars at top and bottom. I don't like interaction between the scene and the frame - it always seems too much of a gimmick.

Thanks for the review an comments.But i am not printing with the black bars.That was just used for posting purposes.

Thanks for permission Rosco.

Years ago (assuming the 1971 is you DOB, it would have been when you were 4), a photography professor always said to look at the print upside down. If the composition still holds (lines, shapes, positions) independent of what the photograph is of, then you have a winner. And besides, sometime you find you might like it better.

Your shot is a perfect case in point. I really like both of the crops you have - either one is strong, abstract, well done. Then I rotated it 180 and I liked it even better. I also cropped in from the sides a bit, to further remove clues as to what it is, leaving just shapes, light, and dark.

Also, a tiny bit of a shift in the hue - sky now has a tad bit of purple, and the bridge a little bit of green.

So what do you think? I know it isn't your vision, but it might spark some ideas.

Thanks for letting me play with it.

Rad

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Radtech1 wrote in post #7476644
Years ago a photography professor always said to look at the print upside down. If the composition still holds (lines, shapes, positions) independent of what the photograph is of, then you have a winner. And besides, sometime you find you might like it better.

Another thing he taught me, that has served me VERY WELL, is no matter where you are, and no matter what you are shooting always take at least one shot of whatever is behind you. We can become so fixated on "the subject" that we block out all of the other wonderful subjects all around us.

I have gotten some of my best shots that way.

Rad

PS: Is there a "What's the best photography advice you ever received?" thread? If not, maybe we should start one.