The Poles poll

[Mad Aussie]

Went down the beach early this morning and was greeted with a rather ordinary sunrise. Not even a drop of wind to use for March's Assignment either.
However I did shoot this light pole and was wondering which photo people prefer?

This is straight out of the camera ...
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u104/Mad-Aussie/09%20photographyca/_MG_2627.jpg

Desaturated to give a more pastel feel
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u104/Mad-Aussie/09%20photographyca/_MG_2627_3.jpg

A slight sepia treatment
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u104/Mad-Aussie/09%20photographyca/_MG_2627_2.jpg

And finally a Duo Tone filter applied
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u104/Mad-Aussie/09%20photographyca/_MG_2627_duo.jpg

I think I like the pastel version personally.

[Mad Aussie]

Oh c'mon :rolleyes: Is it so bad no one wants to comment at all? :eek:

At least even that would be a critique http://www.mtbdirt.com.au/home/smf/Smileys/classic/searchme.gif

[Barefoot]

You could have chosen to show any one of the four as they are all “Keepers”. Simple subject, technical excellence, and a sense of being there make this a very nice capture.

I think I prefer the "from the camera" version most.

[jjeling]

I completely missed this thread. Its a good picture making the difference between the different versions hard to choose from. The first one is preferred as Barefoot noticed.

You might want to try placing them all side by side to show the progressions a little better. This thread is what I'm referring to by that.
http://www.photography.ca/Forums/showthread.php?t=2207

[Gem]

I like the first one as well! It's the colours that grab me.

[tomorrowstreasures]

the bottom one for me - the rest are all expected, the bottom one is a nice change from what has been done over and over again... nice app, MA!

[Mad Aussie]

thanks all

[Marko]

I missed this one too - woops.

Cool composition here and very different moods in each shot. Shot 3 and 4 are my faves here; shot 3 wins for me by a small margin.

[Mad Aussie]

thanks Marko. That makes 3 out of the 4 liked by someone. A good example of the subjectivity of photography.

[kat]

I'm with number 4 although number 1 is right there. :)

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks Kat