Ch29 - doctorit's snoozer

[DoctorIt]

I decided to goof around this morning and go into the lab late. I never use the snooze button, but hey, makes for good 1st person photography, right? Whaddya think?

original:
http://doctorit.smugmug.com/photos/13426826-M.jpg

cropped and PS'ed:
http://doctorit.smugmug.com/photos/13426163-M.jpg

better crop ideas? better effect ideas?

This may suck as a 1st person entry, but I'm so excited because for the past week I've been so horrified with my photography, and I actually think this is a halfway decent shot. I thought maybe I was losing my eyesight totally, cause nothing looked in focus through the viewfinder. I almost hit myself with a sledgehammer when I realized I had tweaked my viewfinder diopter.
:wxwax :bash :lol3

[cletus]

Doc,

I really like the effect in the second version, but I'm not sure about the crop. I think you've cropped in too close along the bottom.

[DoctorIt]

Doc,

I really like the effect in the second version, but I'm not sure about the crop. I think you've cropped in too close along the bottom.i don't like my hand, i think

[Nir]

I think its a pretty cool shot (cropped and desaturated)!

[lynnma]

I like the desaturated version a lot.. I agree with cletus tho.. too tight a crop for me too.. like the red snooze..:D

[ginger_55]

It's cool. But I would drop the hands and go for feet, if it were me. And I had hands planned. If one goes for hands, I think the viewer should feel heavy emotion.

I have a feet idea, too. I might do it, but right now I am confused as to what to do first. And not all to do with photography. Sitting here staring at nothing seems more comfortable than confusion: I hate decisions on "what to do".

ginger

[DoctorIt]

are you guys just all afraid of the square crop by any chance? I cropped the heck out of this one this morning, and the square looked the most pleasing to me. I just don't like how big my hand is in the original, I feel like it take attention away from the snooze button which was the focus. But then, is it a good 1st person... ??? I'll mess some more later.

[judyfuess]

I like the second one, but would like to see a little more of the hand (though not as much as the first one has). Personally I use my fist when I go for the snooze button...

[aero-nut]

I like the square crop version the best. The actual button stands out better because of the color adjustment (or whatever) you did.