More from Pewsey Vale - Decisions, Decisions

[Keith (M)]

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Two views from slightly different viewpoints, the first one from the ridgeline (and cropped as the sky was featureless), the second from a lower elevation.  Can't decide which I prefer and usually when I am in such a quandary my wife will quickly decide which has her preference but unusually she also is finding it difficult.  So the floor is open - first? second? (or neither!)? Opinions welcomed.  

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[Lelmer]

Both are nice, but I prefer the first one (foreground brings more depth)

[andybarton]

Second.

The group of three trees mimic the line of the hills and the single tree on the right mimics the copse in the distance.

 

Nice work, Keith.

[AZach]

Prefer the 2nd as the path puts everything in scale - but certainly both are very nice.

[Graham (G4FUJ)]

Second - again due to the track - leads one's eye into the frame.

[Lelmer]

3 hours ago, Lelmer said:

Both are nice, but I prefer the first one (foreground brings more depth)

Ooops, I meant the second one...(with the path and trees in the foreground) 

[stuny]

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Second also, since I perceive a greater contrast, which works better for me.

[Keith (M)]

@Lelmer @andybarton @AZach @Graham (G4FUJ) @stuny

Thank you all for taking the time to look and comment - so, #2 it is then!    

[pgk]

IMO the eye is drawn through the picture better in the second image. Down the track around the trees and to the hill in line with the track. This doesn't happen in the first.

[leica dream]

Second one wins for me.

[M11 for me]

I think that you ask a very interesting question. I like it. 

When I look at the first picture then I look at the background/mid-ground. The picture to me is then not very interesting. The houses in the mid-ground with the trees could make an interesting image. But the actual image is not about that.

The I look at your second image: It has an interesting foreground and the eye goes from front to the back.

Only now I clicked onto the 2 pictures and looked at them very big on my 28 screen (not as before imbedded in your post). This made me fully unsure: The first image is now calmer and the houses in their beautiful surroundings draw my attention. The second image seems now to be restless (right expression?) with a foreground that does not seem relevant any more. 

So if I finally had to buy one of the 2 then it would be the first one as a larger print with a long side of at least 50cm. I might like to cut a bit from the left side to go back towards 3:2 proportion . . . .

 

[Sjz]

Hi, the second one for me too, the foreground appears more ‘resolved’ and somehow I ‘feel’ more in the image. 

Edited December 25, 2022 by Sjz

[250swb]

The second for me although I find the distant tones a bit flat and heavy.

[lanetomlane]

Both are lovely images but I do prefer the second one; in my opinion it does seem to have more “zing” to it.