December 20: Ready to Ship by Robin Reid

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20-DEC-2005	Robin Reid

December 20: Ready to Ship

Rancho Bernardo, CA

A fellow Pbaser ***Bob Foisel***, who by the way has the wisdom to live in the Durango, CO area, bought my EFS 10-22 wide angle lens which I don’t need any longer. ***See this shot***

Here we have the young coed from UCLA bubble wrapping it for UPS ground shipment to arrive in time for Christmas.

Which image do you think is the better one in terms of content/comp? This one or the one below?

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Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
1/25s f/4.0 at 40.0mm iso400 full exif

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Guest		24-Dec-2005 03:03
I guess it depends on whether you're a boob man or a...well, boob man! (What's gotten into me???)

coaster		22-Dec-2005 23:19
Top one; the wrapping makes the photo (and UCLA ain't bad either).

Dougie Young		22-Dec-2005 09:06
I like the concentration on the girls face on the bottom shot. The motion blur on both is good, shows a sort of sense of urgency. The bottom one is my favorite. Cheers Dougie

JW		21-Dec-2005 20:10
Bottom one, definitely

royalld		21-Dec-2005 14:55
I like the bottom shot. That doesn't sound right. I like the shot on the bottom.

Guest		21-Dec-2005 14:12
My first alma mater. Like the hands.

don nieman		21-Dec-2005 11:45
P.S. - Too bad it wasn't a Michigan State sweatshirt.

don nieman		21-Dec-2005 11:44
The girl is attractive, she's intent on her task and there is more of a story in the bottom picture.

shatterbug		21-Dec-2005 06:23
I definitely like the bottom one better, although, in a lot of cases there is something to be said for artsy and sexist. ;-)

JeremyGood		21-Dec-2005 04:39
I have to say that the one on the bottom is definitely preferrable, ESPECIALLY, after looking at the top photo and reading "A fellow PBaser, Bob Foisel." My first thought was that Bob must be preparing for a sex change. However, whichever one you look at seems to scream UCLA. Being a California Golden Bear, I would have to say that both shots are extraordinarily ugly. The only way they could be more distasteful is if the girl was wearing a Stanford or USC sweatshirt.

Sheila		21-Dec-2005 03:50
The bottom one!

snootydog		21-Dec-2005 03:24
The one on the top is artsy and sexist. the one on the bottom tells the story and is practical and far less sexist. I guess it all depends on whether you want arty and sexist or practical with more of a plot line.

Gary Winters		21-Dec-2005 02:27
Bottom's up!

Gayle P. Clement		21-Dec-2005 02:25
I like them both but the bottom one tells a better story.

Elaine (etfitz)		21-Dec-2005 02:03
I like the intense concentration in the bottom one.

Herb		21-Dec-2005 01:26
Bottom one

Guest		21-Dec-2005 01:13
Bottom one - by far. Upper one does not include story, content or action.

Guest		21-Dec-2005 00:56
The bottem one as well.

Di		21-Dec-2005 00:44
I agree with Mark VM.

Ray :)		21-Dec-2005 00:18
Definitely the bottom one, Robin. Well done!

Guest		20-Dec-2005 23:45
I prefer the bottom one! Very nice!

markvm		20-Dec-2005 23:34
Perhaps the way to look at this is to imagine these two images being posted without any explanation as to what was happening in them. The top image shows a girl (for obvious reasons) doing something with some bubblewrap. The bottom image not only gives those hands an owner but, also show some sort of a business setting where the girl is obviously trying to wrap something. So, for me, the bottom image tells a much better story.

laine82		20-Dec-2005 23:13
LOL Zak !! I prefer the bottom one

BAS Photography		20-Dec-2005 22:57
The one below.

Bob Foisel		20-Dec-2005 20:18
Gee.. now If friday will just get here. Thanks Robin now I'll be able to get the toes in the picture.

Coleen Perilloux Landry		20-Dec-2005 19:58
I like the first because the actual wrapping is going on.

Zak		20-Dec-2005 19:38
I like the pic you chose, you can see evrything!! ;-)

Gary Blanchette		20-Dec-2005 19:18
Decisions! decisions! Hmmmmmm! Either work for me Robin.