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?
Photo B, I don’t like how she is standing in A
I don’t like either of them.
Picture B: 1st, the hand in the second image does not look good. Looks like someone is a rubber woman. The retouching needs work there. This background is better with the blue from the other image. It looks too washed out.
Picture A: The other picture does need to move the woman. I like the idea of moving the girl to the right like in Picture B to balance the image more. It’s too crowded on the left side.
These are only my impression from viewing the two photos.
Thanks for allowing me to post my thoughts here.
Like the colours in A but not the pose. Probably would have opted for including her upper body with more of the turbines and sky at the back. B looks more natural so my vote is B too.
I picked A my computer is moving really slow and acting weird — sorry
I choose B.
To me photo A feels too tense and looks kinda like the model is just standing there for you to check the lighting/exposure. I like that the colors are more saturated but don’t like the harsh shadow from the model going into the sun.
I find that the composition of B is more balanced and feels more relaxed despite the expression on the model’s face.