Photography

Today is Laurie. Please vote for pic 1 or 2... Thanks, Mike ...  

More delicate expression

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any 'choice' depends on how the photo will be used, what context, etc. I went as far as converting both to b&w to help visualize the portraits at a basic level... Personal choice would be the side view... Casey .

I've been trying to understand photography as art. For a long time. I don't know what to look for. To me, these are all great photos. I'm happy with the photos my phone takes. I get it that some of this is personal preference etc. But what am I supposed t... 

As a fellow flâneur you surely have time to observe society, and that's part of the process. Photograph as "art" is only a small part, but let's look at the whole. As a side note, many critics tend to be pushing their own agenda... beware the critic beari... 

Thanks for your vote

I’ll choose some with a nice bokeh for you for the next contest 😉

Great pix pal

I could have bet you choose this one 😉, thanks for your vote my friend

Perfect tie so far 😉

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Looking away gives a bit more mysterious flavor imho Best, Mahesh.,

Number seems to start to have a small advantage in the match, but they are still close...

She seems miles away in her own thoughts... Regards, George

Thanks for your comments also

Interesting contest 😉

I feel strongly both ways. You choose for me.

And thank you for voting

by the time I look closely enough to see what it is, I have lost interest in the image.

But with post processing I never add or remove anything for remaining faithful to the reality. I can adjust the light, play with shadows... but I don’t remove details. Here for once maybe I should have done it. Thanks for your feedback

I change my photos all the time because I am mostly taking outdoors shots and I tend to remove street signs, litter, things like that which draw the eye away from the point of the image. I'm not that interested in the "reality" of litter or potholes. It m... 

Both are great but photo 2 to me is the winner because of: a) The skin tone on photo 1 has either bit too much makeup or too much editing (which some like a lot, I personally favor more natural skin tones) b) I could be wrong but to me, it looks as if I c... 

And thank you for your vote. Fierce competition 11 to 8 so far, photo #2 is winning so far but the only real winner is Laurie she is a great model

#2 wins 12 to 8 and it makes me very happy : imho #1 is maybe more eye catching and shows everything with her beautiful eyes looking straight forward at the camera, while #2 is more mysterious, we wonder what Laurie is thinking about and the more pastel c...