Dang, Mike, these are really good, and the classes are paying-off well ! 8) . #1 is my favorite, but they all are nice and sharp, and I like the cropping. Keep it up! =D>
In #1,2 the only crop was to get them to be printed to 8x10 and they look better in print than here.
We was able to get as close as 5' of them and that was cool to see them up close.As for #3 taken with 300mm
lens at 70/80' the crop out the other ones.
Very nice. #1 and #3 are my favorites. #2 doesn't seem to go with the other two because it's not a close up/detail shot like the other two. It's not a bad photo, but it's different enough to stand out to me as being different. Good photos sometimes can have a less effective "effect on the viewer" when displayed with another photo that it doesn't fit well with.
Am I making any sense at all? Not criticism...just input. Thanks for sharing.