Meditation

[Browzilla]

I've got a shot I really like, and I Gimped around with it for a bit, and I can't quite decide which looks better. Both have their flaws and good areas. So I'm gonna post three versions here for critique, and ask which of the three all you like best. And there's a crop of one.

Original:


Edited:


Edited B/W:


Edited B/W Crop:

[jiminyClickit]

Browzilla, Welcome

Original is most flattering to your subject. Nothing after that matches its quality.

[wulf]

I think if you changed the title it might grab me more (although, like Jiminy, I lean most towards the pastel colours of the original) - it seems to cluttered to describe "meditation" and I think the blurred foreground objects (and whatever that is poking in on the left) spoil the overall effect.

Wulf

[Browzilla]

The title was more on a whim than anything; it just seemed sort of like a peaceful, contemplative image. It's certainly not the final title or anything.

I do think the darker image doesn't match the title, it seems a bit harsher, now that I think about it.

I hadn't actually seen the nose on the left (I think that's what it is..), but, sort of like the last shot, it could easily be cropped out, along with the right side's blur.

I think I'll go and apply the same crop as the last photo to the original and see how that looks.

[clockdoc]

Hi,
I, too, like the first one the best of all the images. However I have to confess that my eye follows the white earpice wire up to the 'ear bud' and stops there, possible due to its brightness. I concur with the comments made by Wulf and JimminyKlickit.