Which image would you pick?

[rfkiii]

I saw this landform on Cow Dung Road in the Mars Research Station area near Hanksville, Utah. I semi-circled the subject taking shots but when I was processing them, I couldn't decide on a winner. Can you fellers help? I'm looking mainly for opinions on the compositions.

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

 

[AlanLichty]

I really wanted to pick more than one so making me choose wasn't easy. I like #1 and #5 for different reasons and mostly ended up eliminating the others for one reason or another. #2 is unique but the perspective down't quite make for a balanced comp for my eyes. #3 was a close contender for me while #4 has what to me was a compositional problem where the point of view left the subject capstone almost feeling like it was perched on the mound behind it.

 

[Ben Egbert]

And I was there.

#2 has the cleanest isolation of the rock .

# 1 has a neat alignment of the lower rocks with the main subject, but the subject is less prominent and the left side mound is competing with it.

#3 is the nearest contender to 1 and 2.

I have to go with 2.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I like #2. That is by far the best composition because you have eliminated all of the distracting features competing with your focal point.

 

[Kyle Jones]

I like 1. I think the other rocks around it help tell the story - so for me they aren't distractions.

 

[Ben Egbert]

By the way, this is an excellent use of this forum. I had thought of doing a poll myself but was waiting for a bit more traffic here. It is starting to go now and I will definitely use this forum for polls or just plain old critique. This would have been a great place for WB advice.

 

[rfkiii]

I appreciate the feedback everyone. I hope to see more voting.

Ben, the Poll function seems perfect for this forum.

 

[Ben Egbert]

This is a slow forum I am glad to see your post it will take some time to get up to speed. Jim is on the road but I expect he would like this use of the forum

 

[Igor Doncov]

#4