Photo contest

[rcnut143]

I'm entering in a photo contest on campus here and I need some help picking photos. There are three categories so pick one from each to vote for. Thanks!!

Scenic #1

Scenic #2

Scenic #3

Scenic #4 (without the desktop stuff)

Scenic #5

Flora #1

Flora #2

Fauna #1

Fauna #2

Fauna #3

 

[beason]

1 is bad ass, but i think i like the lighthouse better.

1 on flora, and 3 on fauna

 

[chelseafc385]

scenic #5

flora #1

fauna #3

Great pictures by the way!

 

[slowngreen]

i pic 3, 1, and 1....great pics. although i dont dig the light house i would think from a photographic aspect it would be better...number one in flora is sick!

 

[rcnut143]

Thanks for the nice comments guys. My favorite of the whole group is the Trees. The scanned in copy does the original no justice at all, its such a cool pic.

 

[robmob]

Flora #1 catches my eye.

 

[Amoeba]

Nice composition all around. Are these film or digital for the contest requirements?

Because they're scanned in I can't tell if the color balance is being represented right but if you can deepen the rocks coloration on scenic #2 and reduce the white flaring of the sky a little during developing (film) or adjust the color balance (digital) I think it's the best composition. The colors on #1 and #5 are gorgeous but #1 has no central focal point to really lend "pop" to it and #5 would have been absolutely stunning if the water rippling hadn't marred an otherwise great mirrored effect. Definitely #2 for the scenic IMHO.

Flora: Trees. But #2 is a close runner up.

Fauna: Meerkats.

 

[neobart]

scenic #5
If you play around with curves in photoshop or gimp, you can get those colours really pop. Gives a great dramatic effect.

Flora #1. There's some great lighting and shadow play here.

Fauna #3 Great shot, good colurs and good motive.

 

[Bartek]

Scenic 2
Flora 1
Fauna 3

and those are some great pictures!

 

[BOUTCH]

Same here:

Scenic 2
Flora 1
Fauna 3

But all the pics are very nice in general.

 

[rcnut143]

Thanks guys!! They are all done with an old Minolta SR-T 101 35mm SLR camera. It was made somewhere between '66 and '75. Except Scenic #5 which was a digital point and shoot. Any idea for matting colors for the trees, meerkats, and Scenic #2 (another of my top favorites, it makes an excellent desktop background)?