Which photo do you like more?

[notrajah]

I honestly can't decide which photo I like more, so I'm polling the electorate. First or second? Face covered or uncovered

Comments

[notrajah]

Thanks. I hadn't noticed that about the arm.

[skufish]

I like the first one better. I feel like the smiling face gives too much away and distracts (albeit charmingly) from the rest of the composition.

[notrajah]

Honest question: which one looks less like she's sniffing her pits?

[skufish]

Both?
I guess the first one would be more suspect because you can't tell what she's doing.

[templar569]

I like the second one better. Something about her smile makes her seem so contented and at peace, whereas the first one, covering her face, seems to suggest something unsavory is going on.

[wyldelf]

Hmm. Tough call. The composition of her pose looks better in the first. But her reflection comes across better in the second (the thing that jumps to mind in the first is "armpit smelling").

Forced to choose, I'd go with the second. But with a wider shoot to pick from, I would regretfully let both of these go.