Which One? On a recent business trip to Connecticut I had the opportunity to shoot snow, something I never get to do at home in south Florida.This is the New Haven head light at...

treadwl Loc: South Florida

On a recent business trip to Connecticut I had the opportunity to shoot snow, something I never get to do at home in south Florida.This is the New Haven head light at sunset. While it had snowed the night before, my business prohibited me from getting there for daybreak and by evening some of the snow was gone. For this composition I walked out on the sea ice as far as I dared (I would have liked to go out a bit further but, well, I wanted to get home without becoming a popsicle. Temps were in the low 20s and it was quite windy and I liked the way the open water was rough but the ice had formed closer to shore on the open water and I liked the "look". So now that I'm home and siting on my patio in shorts with a chilled glass of ice tea, I'm wondering how your folks up north live through the winter, but most importantly which composition works best. Your thoughts?

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Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

#2 for me. I can see the lighthouse better.
I think there may be a landscape crop image in the first one.
Pat

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I like the first one more.

StevenG Loc: Long Island, NY

treadwl wrote:

On a recent business trip to Connecticut I had the... (show quote)

I prefer the composition in the first.
Steve

gsmith051 Loc: Fairfield Glade, TN

Both are very good. If I had to pick I guess it would be #2 because your subject is more pronounced in the background. Very well done.

George

ahudina Loc: Browns Point, WA

treadwl wrote:

On a recent business trip to Connecticut I had the... (show quote)

Somewhere between the two. On the second perhaps a bit more water on the left side would keep you in the photo. Having land all the way to the left edge tends to lead me out of the picture but liked both.

emmons267 Loc: Arizona, Valley of the Sun

#1. Pleasing composition.

juan_uy Loc: Uruguay

I think I would choose #1 for the sky. But both are nice pictures!

I would try cropping #1 to remove some of the right and bottom edges. Mainly the left edge adds unnecessary info to the scene.

I agree with @ahudina on the #2, some water on the left side would be better. The land just touching the edge distracts the viewer from the scene.

treadwl Loc: South Florida

Jay Pat wrote:

#2 for me. I can see the lighthouse better.
I think there may be a landscape crop image in the first one.
Pat

Thanks Pat. I wanted more of the ice to show--probably because I do not get to see it very often. Maybe not the best of reasons.

treadwl Loc: South Florida

Longshadow wrote:

I like the first one more.

Oh good! This is my favorite as well.
Thanks for the support.

treadwl Loc: South Florida

StevenG wrote:

I prefer the composition in the first.
Steve

Good, now there are three of us who favor that image. :-)

treadwl Loc: South Florida

gsmith051 wrote:

Both are very good. If I had to pick I guess it would be #2 because your subject is more pronounced in the background. Very well done.

George

I agree that the lighthouse is more prominent in #2, but I liked the ice in the first view. I liked hearing your point of view for future reference.

treadwl Loc: South Florida

ahudina wrote:

Somewhere between the two. On the second perhaps a bit more water on the left side would keep you in the photo. Having land all the way to the left edge tends to lead me out of the picture but liked both.

Thanks for the thought. This is a full frame in vertical mode. I felt I couldn't move the camera to the left because it would cut off the little house, and backing up was not an option unless I wanted to stand in the water.

treadwl Loc: South Florida

emmons267 wrote:

#1. Pleasing composition.

Thanks for commenting. Glad you like my favorite as well.

treadwl Loc: South Florida

juan_uy wrote:

I think I would choose #1 for the sky. But both are nice pictures!

I would try cropping #1 to remove some of the right and bottom edges. Mainly the left edge adds unnecessary info to the scene.

I agree with @ahudina on the #2, some water on the left side would be better. The land just touching the edge distracts the viewer from the scene.

Thanks for commenting, but I am a bit confused. You state:
I would try cropping #1 to remove some of the right and bottom edges. Mainly the left edge adds unnecessary info to the scene.

You say to crop from the right so how far would you crop in? Would you suggest putting the house onthe edge of the image? Then you note that the left side adds unnecessary info, so if I crop from both the left and the right, then I'm back to a vertical image. Could you explain? Thanks.