Which is the best Photo?

[Maritime Q-Scout]

I'm not the greatest at Photoshop, does this look better for Moon over the Cape?

[V]

Print that moon shot on aluminum and you've got a winner.

[FurnaceFace]

It's stream or moon for me too. I'd ask what your parents are more into. Is the forest or the sea more meaningful to them? Also if you have an idea of where they'd display the canvas that might influence as well.

As far as the pictures Stream is a little hot in the middle of the trees. You might be able to fix this somewhat in photoshop to try and "burn in" the hot area a bit. Also to my eye the whole pic seems to naturally "tilt" to the left. My head keeps tilting that was when I look at it. Might be worth a try at a slight rotation to see if that fixes it...or perhaps this is all just me.

The moon could use some warming of the sky to help bring out the moon a bit more, it kind of gets lost in the light sky and without a title I'm not sure if viewers would realize what the focus of the image is. Also a little nitpicky but the birds on the rocks are a little distracting as the white jumps out and takes my focus.

Full marks for posting these though, whichever one you pick they'll like.

[FurnaceFace]

Ok so after I posted this I figured I'd experiment a bit - love like goofing around in photoshop - so I did up these. Stream is tilted a few degrees to the right, I've burned in the trees a bit to try and get rid of the hot area in the middle (mixed results there, it's still hot) and I did a little slide effect on the water to try and make it look more fluid. Remember, I did this quickly so it's not perfect but you get the idea.



Also took the moon shot and tried to darken the sky a bit and clone out the birds which distracted me. the more I played with it the more I prefer stream as it has more life to it. Again, this was done quickly and not sure if it's different than what you've done...now looking at yours

[SebC]

Hmm... yeah, I was going to say you might want to consider how the hot spot will look printed. Looks okay (like sunlight) on your radiant monitor, might look goofy (white spot) matte. I prefer moon, but don't like the way you've shopped it. You've introduced a smog-like tint to the sky, particularly near the horizon.

[Caged Great]

I vote for the hidden pervert in the shrubbery.

[chid]

The moon shot looks great with the tweaks in photoshop, my vote stays for moon..

[Maritime Q-Scout]

FurnaceFace I love the water in the Stream in the Forest picture.

With the comments on the moon being too small, I tried making the moon bigger.



I'm going to talk to them at Japan Camera to see what their thoughts are. Definately between the stream and moon.