Alrighty. Regardless of the fact that this A or B series (here, here, and here) has been really interesting for us, helpful, and popular with you (the last such post received over 1000 comments in 24 hours)…
This time it is of even greater interest for us. You see, we’re doing some image editing around here and we’ve stumbled into a little internal debate about which one of these two images is actually better, A or B. [You might remember these shots from the Nikon D7000 campaign…]
Hearing from you will help really help us. No qualifiers, don’t worry about our objectives, or the “assignment”. We want to know which one of these shots you like better. And please tell us in the comments below, not via twitter. Raw preference. Period. If you can add some “why”, that would be nice too. Full 600 pixel wide images after the jump. Hit ‘continue reading’ below [and btw, I’ve got a $1 gentlemen’s bet riding with Erik about which one will win, so don’t let me down!]…
After you all weigh in, I’ll tell you which one I like, which one I thought you’d like, and why.
This is image A, below:
This is image B, below:
So which photo is better? A or B?
B
B
B
B
B 😉
I like the color in A, but there is nothing natural about the position.
B
{a} its more engaging then b.
A, because there’s so many conflicting ideas depicted; the environment, beauty, individuality, space, freedom…B is all about the girl.
B because its all about the girl
B.
It says ‘go ahead and watch those turbines, boys. I am out of here.’
A. looks forced
in A, she’s just standing there.
in B, she’s in a photo.
I believe B is more engaging. It has motion where A is static. B begs you to figure out what just happened. Did the boys give up expecting someone to stop by with gas for the van. Has the woman decided she’s had enough of these idiots and is brave enough or pissed off enough to just walk away. Is she the hero?
B is the best. Aside from the model’s pose (which many have commented about), I think B features a better composition and certainly a more preferred lighting. The lighting in ‘B’ has more natural lighting (in appearance) and evokes more emotion and gets you to focus more on the subject. In ‘A’, it’s clearly unnatural light which is distracting, and the shadows are much too hard.
B, A looks too fake and strange
I prefer B. It seems more candid. A seems forced. I also prefer the composition of B. The model’s legs, while nice, do not add anything to the photo in A
I vote for B
B is definately better simply because it has a sense of movement to it and i feel like something is actually going on whereas A she is just standing there
B is much more engaging. She seems to static and disconnected from the rest in A.
In my opinion the best image is A. It is the best picture because it has far more components to it.
The B picture is much more clean with less details, it dosent have that: “Okay someone has done something special here” to it. Therefor A has that X factor to it and i like it! 😀
B!! Looks like the viewer is part of the story. I also like the colour of the van in contrast to the white sand and sky. The pose of the girl is natuaral and much better then the pose in pic A
I prefer B. The image is brighter-more colorful-the subject(lindsey is naturally part of the photo)-the composition is better-my eye moves around. I like the blown-out background, pushes the image forward. Blue on the van pops in the background. Overall a better image.
Neither one is great but B is less worse than A.
B for its simplicity. Speaks more volume. B seems amateur like and generic where every tom dick and harry with a camera can have shot like it.
I meant ‘A’ seems amateur like and generic where every tom dick and harry with a camera can have shots like it. B is engaged in the photo. Definitely B.
B is subtle
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A. Love the color!