Pics for Etsy: First Batch of Pics

[unforth]

Hey all, based on my etsy post the other day, I've spent some time and (a little bit) more energy, and put together a post with the beginning pics I'm thinking about making into cards (see my previous post if you have no clue what I'm talking about ;) ). I kinda think the number I've got in here would be a pretty reasonable starting point. All of these are unedited. I haven't even gone through a lot of my sets, but it doesn't hurt to have more I can draw on if this goes well, and it's not worth over extending myself if it's gonna fall through.

These are all the raw images. See my other post from this evening for my first faltering attempts at doing photo manipulation.

I've numbered these images. Please, if you've got the time to look through this, it'd be super helpful if ya'll could tell me which numbers you LIKE, and which, if any, you think I'm wasting my time with. Don't worry. I won't be offended. The key is, how suitable is this image for being printed 4 x 6 and put on a card. That's all I care about.

1. Thames Sunset:


2. Graffiti:

1 vote

3. Big Ben and Parliament:


4. Sunset Over the River:


5. Architecture Along the Thames:

1 vote

6. Angel Over Prague:

I know it's a cliche, but if asked, I would say that I feel this to be the best picture I've ever taken.
1 vote

7. T.C. Masaryka Statue:


8. Statue Outside the Main Courtyard:


9. Tunnel:

1 vote

10. Demon Face:


11. Snow Storm:

1 vote

12. Belvedere Castle:


13. Guiseppe Verde Memorial:


14. Sunset Over the Henry Hudson Parkway:


15. Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial:


16. Mormon Church:

I think this is a nice shot, but I'd clearly have to do a little bit of modification on it to remove those lens smears from the sky...
1 vote

17. Lady Bug on my Book:

4 vote

18. Globe at Columbus Circle:

1 vote

19. St. Thomas Church:

1 vote

20. Oops!:


21. Columbine:

4 vote

22. Rose:


23. (removed)
24. (removed)

25. Jackie O Reservoir:


26. Snowy Lettuce Thing:

1 vote

27. Snow out the Window:

1 vote

28. The Intrepid at Sunset:

1 vote

29. Riverside Park:

1 vote

30. Cold Pigeons:

1 vote

31. Pylons:


32. Snowman!:


33. White Flowers:

1 vote

34. Hand Prints:

1 vote

35. The Loneliest Daffodil:


36. Fire-Breathing Gargoyle:


37. Waves on Rocks:


38. Looking In:


39. Pylons:


40. Don't Panic, People!:


41. Purple Onion Flower:


42. Purple Buds:


43. Bleeding Heart:


44. Blue Flowers:


45. Corn:

2 vote

46. Purple-Pink Flowers:


47. Variegated Yuca:


48. Red Hot Poker:


49. Bee on a Sunflower:

1 vote

50. Double Rose Lotus:


51. Parodia Magnifica:


52. Lotus Leaf:


53. Loads of Little Red Bugs:


54. The Stump in the Forest:


55. (removed)

56. Phoenix:


57. Church of St. Paul and St. Peter:

1 vote

58. Slug:


59. 72nd Street:


60. Seed Pods:


61. Magnolia:


62. Squiggly Trees:

1 vote

63. Shibuya:


64. Cute Firemen:

1 vote

65. Sunlight on Spires (Prague):


66. The Tower of London:


67. Lightbulb Filament:


68. (removed)

69. Petals:

1 vote

70. Central Park South by Night:


71. Canadian Geese Chicks:


72. Columbus Circle:


73. Stained Glass:


74. Dramatic Sky Over Washington:


75. Gingerbread Girl and Snowman:


76. Water on a Leaf:


77. ConEd Training Facility on the East River:


78. Tokyo Tower:

Thanks for looking, folks!

Comments

[akashiver.livejournal.com]

My faves in the bunch I've not yet commented on are 16, 17, 18, 21, 26, 30. 33, 45, and 49.

There are a some photos (like 23 and 24) that are perfectly nice shots, but don't have great color (the flowers are in shade, the center of the butterfly wing is washed out). This might be fixed with photo manip. Then again, you've also got to ask yourself how many other shots of butterflies / flowers are out there and whether the time and effort you put into manip will make them stand out from the crowd.

[unforth.livejournal.com]

And the other two you liked were #5 and #9. Thanks for the input - it's good to hear which ones people like, both when they coincide with the ones I like best, and when they don't - and it's especially helpful to see which overlap with what nekomata liked.

If 6 is the one picture I think of if I have to pick a personal favorite of all the pics I've taken, 26 is my second choice, so I'm especially excited that you like it. :)

As to others, I think that 5 would need to be brightened up a bit; I definitely need to fix the lens smears in 16; and it's particularly helpful to know which flower shots, like 33 and 49, "stand out" from the batch - because you do need to convince people that your pictures of plants are more worthwhile than any one elses pictures of plants. :)

I was a little ambivalent about 24, because the butterfly isn't washed out - it's upside down - because it's dead (you can see it's legs bent up). So I think I'll remove it.

I really like 23, but neither you or nekomata do, so I'm gonna remove it. And 24. Cause I really wasn't sure about it. :)

And I definitely hear ya about butterfly/flower shots -