[Rhodes22-list] Need opinions...deadline approaching

[John Lock]

At 07:13 AM 7/23/2008 -0700, elle wrote:
>This is a calendar for the Eastern VA area....I got one in last year 
>& am aiming for the cover this year...I cannot decide between these 
>two...i've been looking at 'em for so long that I can't see 'em any 
>more....these are small files for email...the originals are several MB each....

Couple observations from a different perspective -

1) The version with the bright foreground might give a calendar cover 
a very unbalanced feeling; assuming they print full-bleed and there's 
no border.  'Course we don't know what other info might be printed on 
the cover (see next).

2) On the other hand, publishers often like to have that white space 
for branding, titling, or other graphics that need to be clearly 
visible.  If they can do it without ruining the integrity of the 
scene, it's like a bonus.

Besides the technical elements and the artistic composition, it's 
always good to think about the intend usage for the image and how to 
make the "buyer's" life easier.  Often that makes the difference 
among many good images.

Cheers!

John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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