Which Crane in Flight

[Woodyg3]

I'm always interested in which in a series of pictures I like is the favorite of others. Photographers often have different opinions than the "general public" which is always interesting. Anyway, here are a few for your consideration. Thanks in advance.

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[Patrick M]

For me it’s #1 … I found the sky distracting in 2 & 3

 

[SonoranDesert]

Def #1...color, shape, light, behavior...

 

[tc1]

They all work for me however, open beaks are always great.

 

[JAS]

No. 1 for the reasons noted by others. The split background with blue is a bit distracting.

 

[BAL Land]

#1 all the way…2&3 have distracting sky backgrounds and the pose in 4 isn’t as good as it is in 1.

 

[ssheipel]

I'm with #2. Love how the lines/curves of the hills mirror the lines of the wings. Love the open beak in #1 tho. Nice shots!

 

[Woodyg3]

For me it’s #1 … I found the sky distracting in 2 & 3

Def #1...color, shape, light, behavior...

They all work for me however, open beaks are always great.

No. 1 for the reasons noted by others. The split background with blue is a bit distracting.

#1 all the way…2&3 have distracting sky backgrounds and the pose in 4 isn’t as good as it is in 1.

I'm with #2. Love how the lines/curves of the hills mirror the lines of the wings. Love the open beak in #1 tho. Nice shots!

Thanks, everyone.

 

[coachjohn57]

They're all good; #1, to my eye though, is far and away the best. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Woodyg3]

They're all good; #1, to my eye though, is far and away the best. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks much!

 

[Steve Pumilia]

I like the open beak on #4. A little more than #1.

 

[Highbow]

I must be different in my opinion #4 just captures , sound, flight, and full motion frozen in time.

 

[Woodyg3]

I must be different in my opinion #4 just captures , sound, flight, and full motion frozen in time.

Thanks for your opinion!

 

[Irap]

I like #1, overall more monotone color, wing position and the composition - wings diagonal to the connors of the frame.

 

[tomfranic]

For me #1 and #2. On #2 I love that sky, it's not a distraction for me, agree with @ssheipel

 

[Nimi]

Great series! All great and my favorite is 3.

 

[NorthernFocus]

IMO no 1 is the best of the lot for angle, wing position, and BG. No 2 would be a cull for me due to the wing position compounded by lots of blue sky. I prefer the wing position in no 3 vs 4 but no 4 has less blue sky so those two are much of a muchness.

 

[Woodyg3]

I like #1, overall more monotone color, wing position and the composition - wings diagonal to the connors of the frame.

For me #1 and #2. On #2 I love that sky, it's not a distraction for me, agree with @ssheipel

Great series! All great and my favorite is 3.

IMO no 1 is the best of the lot for angle, wing position, and BG. No 2 would be a cull for me due to the wing position compounded by lots of blue sky. I prefer the wing position in no 3 vs 4 but no 4 has less blue sky so those two are much of a muchness.

Thanks for the opinions and comments!

 

[BlackRockArt]

I'm always interested in which in a series of pictures I like is the favorite of others. Photographers often have different opinions than the "general public" which is always interesting. Anyway, here are a few for your consideration. Thanks in advance.

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Woody, the #1 is the best, the wing position is nicer.

Thanks for sharing.

Oliver

 

[DRM]

As they are now, I like 1, then, 4, then 3. But I wonder if you could process the background on 3, darkening the sky and upper hill in a linear gradient mask to artistically reflect or subtly reference in the three part background the three parts, upper wing/body/lower wing, of the crane in flight.