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Open Water => Snark and Rant => Topic started by: Sibling DavidH on May 30, 2010, 06:39:46 PM

Title: Cover pictures
Post by: Sibling DavidH on May 30, 2010, 06:39:46 PM
The charity's AGM is coming up and, as usual, I got the job of producing the cover of the Annual Report.  It's special this time, as it's our 20th anniversary, and I was given precise instructions as to what to do, leaving me discretion only in what picture to put in the O.

Here's the final version:
(http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu198/RamblingSyd/COVER.jpg)

Originally I chose this:
(http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu198/RamblingSyd/INSERTa.jpg)
taken from a shot I did some time ago of a participant (bottom) and a young volunteer.

This was accepted as fine until someone started moaning that the volunteer looks a bit unhappy.  I told them we'd never find anything as suitable in the archive, so I stomped off and grabbed another participant and a professional worker, and got them to pose for this:
(http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu198/RamblingSyd/INSERTb.jpg)
Now I still believe the girl in the original one looks really lovely and the second one is nowhere near as good.

Too late, it's at the printer's now, but what do you folks think?
Title: Re: Cover pictures
Post by: The Meromorph on May 30, 2010, 08:35:33 PM
Yes, the girl in the first one is lovely.  :)

The second one is a better photograph, and better suited to the purpose. Not because of the 'smiling thing', but because of the composition, the postural mimicing, and the facial 'similarities'.  :)
Title: Re: Cover pictures
Post by: Sibling Zono (anon1mat0) on May 30, 2010, 08:35:51 PM
The girl in the first picture is certainly lovely, but the second one is OK.
Title: Re: Cover pictures
Post by: Swatopluk on May 31, 2010, 08:06:37 AM
The '20' is a bit to off center the left
Title: Re: Cover pictures
Post by: Sibling DavidH on May 31, 2010, 09:30:28 AM
Quote from: SwatoThe '20' is a bit to off center the left

Oops!  You're right, but it's too late now.
Title: Re: Cover pictures
Post by: Swatopluk on May 31, 2010, 09:38:03 AM
You know what hay the GOP would make of that :mrgreen:

Not to forget about the vicious gangs of Keep Left signs
(http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_pictures/compdiff/keepleft.jpg)
http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_pictures/compdiff/keepleft.jpg
Title: Re: Cover pictures
Post by: Sibling DavidH on May 31, 2010, 09:42:50 AM
Yaroogh! :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Cover pictures
Post by: Griffin NoName on May 31, 2010, 03:06:04 PM
As with the other, first girl was fine.......... but 2nd pic is a better pic. for the space
Title: Re: Cover pictures
Post by: Sibling DavidH on June 04, 2010, 04:54:09 PM
Thanks for the comments, Siblings.
Swato, you're not the only one with eagle eyes - someone at the printer's noticed the error and put it right.  They were delivered today.