Help with Hollows

[stubbsy]

Yikes. I can't decide between these three images as to which best fits the Fred Hollows theme of All things ordinary look extraordinary. So I need your help:

Which one #1, #2 or #3 (you can click for a larger version)?

#1
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#2



#3 (this one's a gas flame outside a restaurant)

[Manta]

Peter - what a dilemma!!!

I love the artsy nature of the gas flame but, for me, the boats have taken on an ethereal aspect that's hard to beat.

[moz]

Yeah, mee too on the boats. There's just something that holds my eye there.

[ozczecho]

Peter, the boats are awesome.

HTH

[adam]

I like them in the order posted First the first, 2nd the 2nd (boats), and lastly the fire

[Geoff]

Peter, me too!! One, two and three, in that order!! LOVE your work matey

[gstark]

Two, two, and then two.

[Oz_Beachside]

wow, inspiring, I'm heading down to the Marina this weekend...


I love the boats, love the high contrast of white against black.

From the theme point of view, I really like the first, since the ocean is more "common place" than a marina.

All great images, thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Oz

[myarhidia]

Hi Stubbsy,

#2 is a great shot, my favourite out of the three, however, it is just a photo of boats in a marina, IMO, nothing extraordinary. Please note, I'm not putting this photo down, it is a fantastic shot & I absolutely love it.

In line with the theme, ALL THINGS ORDINARY, LOOK EXTRAORDINARY you cannot go past #3 the flame, it looks like a man dancing, nothing ordinary about that.

[asaroha]

I agree with myarhidia.

While all 3 are truly beautiful shots, I personally think #3 fits the theme best.
#1 is a bit hard to recognize as an ORDINARY object and #2 is just doesn't scream EXTRAORDINARY

[Oscar]

Peter, what a dilemma. My personal preferences are #2 then #1 & then #3. In the context of the contest my thinking would probably be #3, #1 & #2.
However the dilemma is how do we expect the judges to pick their favourite. Maybe they will pick the boats as it is a truly superb shot or the pool as it is a nature shot which also looks superb. Or then a gain will they recognize the beauty of the dancing flame?

Too much for my humble opinion. I'd be tempted to enter all three.
Cheers, Mick

[gstark]

Mick,

I'm not sure that there's any judging of these images, beyond the judgement the purchasers might make.

[Oscar]

Duh! Just read the announcement a bit further. In that case is it just a matter of which shot you would like to get accepted and have sold?
Think I'd go with the boats - I'm sure a lot of people would part with some cash for that shot. Cheers, Mick

[Laurie]

ohly pcra!!
I cant even speak enlish after seeing the 2nd pic.

absoutley stunning stubbsy! very very much like it!!
omg!
wow!

[pippin88]

Peter, I really like the second image. But, I've seen it many times, and each time I feel like the boats are going to float down to the right side of the photo. Horizon doesn't feel level to me.

[Matt. K]

Peter
Image #4!

[stubbsy]

Thank you all for your comments. It seems the boats at the marina is the general consensus and I've gone with that image. But I took Nick's advice and straightened the horizon.

[sirhc55]

Image #3, portrait counter clockwise and titled The Flame Flower

[rokkstar]

I actually preferred the original shot you put up Peter, but this one is no slouch either. Great shot.

What resolution and sizing are you uploading it with? I know this has been covered somewhere but I can't locate the correct thread.

[MHD]

As big as you can Matt....
The one you upload will be used in printing... While only a 640 downsized version will be displayed on the site to protect submitters IP

[stubbsy]

Chris, Matt - don't do this to me!

Matt - I originally scaled the image to be 16" X 10.5", but I'm in the middle of uploading a new version that's scaled up to be 32" x 21" @ 200 ppi resolution (images are to be 20 x 16 framed, this is twice what is needed since I figure that will give more detail - but see my tag line below ). I tried it with Genuine Fractals AND with just PSCS2 and decide PSCS2 was better & faster (I used Bicubic sharper resampling). I then changed the image to 8 bit colour and converted to sRGB with Perceptual rendering. The resultant jpeg was 7.1Mb (max upload size is

Here's what Oz said about framing:

PLEASE NOTE, 16 x 20 or 20 x 16 IS THE MOUNT SIZE. NOT the image print size. For example, I will have the prints mounted at 16 x 20 inches, but the images must be smaller. If you wanted to have a 2" margin/border matt board (top , left and right sides), and 3" footer, your image should be just a tad over 11x16, or thats how I would see the printing.

[Oz_Beachside]

Hello,

A big thanks to those already posted images, there are 12 great images in there already.

Thats 84 people's sight may be saved.

Lets keep going... I know I am still to grab a pic...

have a great day
Oz

[rokkstar]

I've uploaded a 300dpi at 16cm x 25cm (approx) which is 6" x 10". Will they printed at 300dpi or reduced to say 200? Or should I resample and re-upload?

Can't understand why I'm having so much trouble with this printing malarky.

[stubbsy]

Matt

If they were being inkjet printed my understanding is printers are actually only around 240 dpi from my reading of this article, but I'm guessing they'll be done at a lab so I'm not certain of that.

[marcotrov]

All three are worthy Peter but I'd go with #3. Terrific!
cheers
marco

[zafra52]

I like the second best because of the glass reflection and the symmetric arrangement. Of course the other photos are also very good. I guess it all depends on how they are framed and where they end up being hung.