8x10 or 11x14?

original (8x12):



8x10:



OR

11x14:

What's your pick?

I'm getting ready to enter some pictures in the fair. I can only enter three (the sequential entry will count as one entry). I need your help? Which ones should I enter? I'm leaning towards the top three. I am still working on the titles and may crop them differently. Any suggestions are welcome. I need to submit them by this Saturday.

Choice #1 "Thai Long Boat"



Choice #2 "Motherhood"



Choice #3 "Butterflies"




Choice #4 "Thirsty" (I can't get the photos to line up correctly)















Choice #5 (I'd replace the middle picture from above with this one). The reason I'm leaning towards not entering these two bottom ones is because it is not a true sequential picture, meaning it wasn't exactly taken in this order. I took several shots to piece this together.

I love this park!

I've been taking the kids to some local parks this summer. As they play, I scope out some fun interesting finds. It works out for all of us. These come from Park at Bothell Landing. I love it there.





If you look closely there is a crow on every single limb of this tree. I wish it was more visible. I like the odd shape of this sparse tree.

Kid Pix Summer 2010

Photographing your own kids is so hard. They just wouldn't cooperate. I promised them each a candy bar if they'd just listen to me. Finally . . .

Notice: Lilianne's green and purple nails!



On this picture there was a bit of shadowing/highlights on Lilianne's eyes and mouth area. I fixed it (on the 2 pic) by using a mask, the stamp tool and a bit of dodging. Photoshop is great for these mistakes, but it's not ideal. I should have gotten the picture right in the first place. It could use some work on the neck area too.




I love these of Grace. They really capture her fun personality. These of course didn't come until many shots later.




Isaak was being a stinker, so there is just one pic of him.



I love Kaleb's side smirk and tasseled hair. His eyes are so dark you can't even see the pupils.

Kersplat!

While on our family camping trip, I was practicing with shutter speeds and other settings on my camera.

My Girls

Wow, my girls actually do love each other! This is just while we were on a family camping trip, but I like how it turned out.

Krew-- 1 year old

He's now walking!!!



Love the blue eyes!



He obviously loves his dog.



We're just getting started and he's already tired of pictures! Cute!



My favorite:



And now he wants to throw a rock at me (not really)!