Help me choose,please

[jaapv]

Which one should it be. Birds centre or birds left. I can't make up my mind... :bang:

Leica M6TTL, Apo-Telyt 3.4/135 Fuji Sensia 100, Minolta 5400 scanner

 

[RML]

Birds on the left.

 

[bcs89]

both great - but left.

 

[Richard Black]

Birds left. Both are good but the one on the left is special.

 

[pvdhaar]

Birds on the left; has more 'balance'.

 

[meyman]

Left, definitely.

 

[Todd.Hanz]

Left as well...Geese?

 

[wlewisiii]

As Richard put it.

William

 

[bmattock]

Wow, nice shots! Left, definitely.

 

[c.poulton]

Definately on the left - Great shots

 

[jaapv]

Left as well...Geese?

It is two minutes from my house. Each winter we have about 300.000 geese there.

 

[jtzordon]

I'm with everyone else on this. The photo at right seems so "centered". I think it doesn't convey movement as well as the one on the left.

 

[squeaky_clean]

Wow, nice shots! Go with the one on the left. 🙂

 

[MicheldeG]

Birds left. When right, I feel a little too much drawn to the centre and not being able to experience all the other elements (clouds, trees etc.) as a whole.

 

[airds]

Very nice, but I'd try flipping it horizontally so the birds are on the right - gives more the impression of migration/leaving, etc. Think it's because we read and scan left to right.

It's like classic ship photography - if there is more free space or 'room' in front of a ship it appears as if she coming into the picture; if more behind the ship, she's going out the image.


rdgs

 

[jaapv]

Ah-but that is cheating....Seriously, a good suggestion. It didn't feel natural to me when I tried that, but that may be because I know the location so well.

 

[VinceC]

Definitely birds left. There's an element of Western aesthetic called "dynamic imbalance" ... a centered object implies balance and lack of motion whereas an uncentered object implies motion and tension.

I wouldn't "flop" it. But that's because I'm a purist. However, the most "successful" photographs do tend to have the action moving from left to right, because of the way Westerners read and view the world. In this instance, the distinction might be too subtle to make a difference.

 

[zpuskas]

Birds left. Subject moving "into" the frame as opposed to moving "out" of the frame. Left shows them higher in the frame as well so they don't get lost in the center.

 

[Honus]

Left Left Left

 

[Andrew Touchon]

Birds left....