I was just recently commissioned for a campaign and shot about 1000 images to capture final image for this well known sports company. In the end, it came down to the two images above. As is usually the case, the final image is tough to choose, with lots of factors under consideration, lots of stakeholders picking their favorite. There was much debate.
I’ve posted stuff like this before and was really excited by the resulting discussion, so I figured I’d throw it out there again… WHICH IS BETTER, A or B?
Vote in the comments. Love to know ‘why’ if you care to explain your thoughts. 600 px wide versions of each image after the jump…hit [‘continue reading’ below]. After you all weigh in, I’ll tell you which one was used and why.
This is PHOTO A, below.
THIS is PHOTO B, below.
i hate to use the word “better” because i feel like photography is so subjective in nature. each viewer has a different experience with an image. that being said, i prefer A. like a lot of others have said, i feel like the sun flare is a little much in B and becomes distracting.
I really didn’t care for either. but if B were cropped so the flare became an accent I’d choose that one.
A…. The flare thing has had it’s time in the sun (pun intended 🙂 )….. about time for something different – like been able to actually see the subject.
A 🙂 I’m a big lover of invasive sun flare, but I think B pushes it a bit too far. The sun flare is kind of odd looking and clearly the focus of the image. A definitely achieves the goal of an artistic, interesting, sports-focused photograph.
I would vote for A. It has more clarity and definition, composition-wise. B looks to have been overdone and the blinding light is almost too strong to be included in the frame. The positioning of the “blob” seems to be lower too, which makes it a little bit odd. So definitely A.
-Reyn