Which barn shot is best?

[kirbinster]

Took a few different shots of this barn in the snow and was wondering which perspective you like best. What else could I do to improve the shot:

[wlverenefan]

I gotta say I'm partial to the first exposure. The color saturation and higher contrast of the barn and the trees is what does it for me. Along with the equal parts of snow, the barn, and the trees. (The rule of thirds.) Not too sure what could be done to make it much better. I'd buy it as is! Great job.

[precious]

Love the shots! I agree with previous poster, I would go with the first shot as-is. I like the barn

Since you asked for composition, I like the full trees in second shot. But, the sky might be a little dull, so, I would try getting more sky in the frame to see if it helps.

(I am a beginner.)

Goodluck.

[PWhite214]

I like the composition of the second shot best. I believe zoomong or moving back may have mad a better photo, with more sky, but hard to tell. The colors are brighter in the first photo, which would capture the eye faster, so it too me a while to decide. Now I am going to read the other comments .

Phil

[abchip]

You captured a beautiful winter scene!!! I like the third picture best. The shadows from the tree across the snow draw my eye up to the barn further up the frame. These shadows are more interesting to the eye so having more of them in the frame brings depth to the scene. Where, while the bare trees form a nice backdrop to the barn I don't need to see as much of them.

For PP, how do you feel about a little more contrast and pumping up the saturation a bit. This shot would also look nice in Black and White.

[skyline photo]

I like the exposure, contrast, color saturation of the first. I like the composition of the second,, combine the two and there you go

[PowerPix]

I like #1 the best. The contrast is better than the other two and the closer angle crops out most of the distracting trees on the right. I find it has a good balance of foreground, focus point, and background.

Whereas #2 appears to have too much sky and #3 has too much snow. Contrast seems soft on both.

[Hartzler]

It's tough. In the end, I like #3 best. For me, the addition of trees on the right helps to frame the barn, locking it into the wooded setting. I like the longer shadows, which I found an important element of the composition.

The more richly saturated colors brought additional contrast to the first shot and it strongly drew my eye at first. It's hard to let go of those rich colors and evaluate the third shot without it seeming pale in comparison. But I think you can bump up the vividness and contrast of the third portion just a bit (somewhere between 1 and 3) and you would have a winner.

All three are nice shots.

[Genevieve]

#1 is the most appealing one to me. If you used a telephoto lens on it, maybe your 70-300, I think it'd look even better.

[ricklumpas]

If it is about perspective you are asking, I say the 2nd is the best. I wish I could see just a bit more of the sky by zooming out or by shooting at a lower angle.