Pictures: The Quest for Show Bangers....

Here are two pics I'd like to use in a set, and I'm pretty sure, unless you guys hate them, that I will choose these for the show. What would be perfect is if I could get at least one other shot for the set that sort of follows the same theme of a pretty little plant with rays of sunlight behind it. Both of these have been edited, but neither was edited with Lightroom, so I'll probably redo each in Lightroom and let you guys choose the better version. Shout outs to KP for thinking up this blog as a sharing mechanism. - SB

KS - show banger

Now here are a few of the better pics I took in Ohio at the beginning of the month. I edited all in Lightroom. You guys can determine if any are show worthy. They would go well as a set, and I have other photos that would work well with any of these. - SB

KS - I feel like out of this one and the next one, I like this one better. The trees are what make me like it better but I feel like they should make it worse.

I realize the sky in this one (below) got too blue. I already toned that down in a later version. - SB

KS - I could see people buying this one. Sky looks cool. Like the grass too.

KS - This one doesn't do it for me as something people will buy. While the driveway is more prominent than the last one I feel like the barn is too small. If I was gonna buy this or the prior one, its the prior one for sure.

KS - I'm on the fence here - no pun intended. It's a cool shot, but the fence is kind of hard to see, which takes away from the pic for me.

KS - No. I like it, but I think the trailer distracts and I'm not sure people would buy it.

KS - At first I didn't like it, but its grown on me. I like how it looks like the trees are growing out of it. I'm not sure if someone would buy this though.

KS - I'm not sure what I think about this one yet.

KS - The is the best truck one by far. It's a show banger for sure.

SB - Here is another truck shot (below) that I could potentially use in a series with the truck above.

KS - this is a banger. And at first I would see "mom" potential here, but on 2nd though I kinda could. Like I feel like this could work as part of a rustic kitchen decor.

SB - Or if I want to keep the theme of close up shots, I have these. I think they're decent, but the lighting is bad. I haven't tried them in Lightroom yet.

KS - I think with some adjustments this could be cool.

SB - Lightroom edit.

KS - this is probably my favorite. Similar to the close up of the other truck, I like how it's taken at an angle. I think the lighting in this one is OK.

SB - Lightroom edit. Cropped slightly differently. Hard to tell, but I think looks a bit cleaner.

SB - Staying with the truck theme, whatdya think of this one? Which brings up a good question, do you think a series can be both color and B&W? This pic below looks cooler as B&W.

KS - Banger for sure. I love it. This one has mom potential and our friends potential. I could see like a mom with a country/rustic decor to her home hanging this. I haven't seen the color, but I really like the B&W and would say to go with it. I don't see why a series couldn't have both color and b&w.

SB - Sticking with the car theme (below). Same edit. I probably don't love it.

KS - yeah, this is a good shot, but it's not a banger. the old bug is cool and all, but it's just not as interesting to me as the above truck.

KS - on second thought, the bug could be a banger. It's def not as interesting as thr truck, but it's a good looking shot.

SB (7/31) - Two more truck shots in virtually same B&W edit. Probably not amazing, but look pretty good as B&W, so I'm sticking with the idea of this as a set for now.

KS - this first one is not a banger. The second one is.

SB (8/1) - Adding 3 more vehicles in the same B&W edit.

KS - I like the bike. Tractor is cool. good background too. I want to like the truck pic more than I do, but gotta be honest, I don't love it. It's not shitty, but I don't love it.