To ask which of these pictures to give to my mum?

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I like landscape photography.

My mum said back in the summer that for her Christmas present from me she would like one of my photos framed (bless)

I've narrowed it down to 3 but not sure which to choose.

Can I borrow some mumsnet wisdom to help me decide?

By the way this is not a fishing for compliments exercise, I am no David Bailey (he's a photographer...right?)

The first one! By miles! Made me go 'wow', so that's a compliment to you! Decor irrelevant in my view - I'd love to have that on my wall regardless

No 1 has the wow factor. No 2 isn't great (IMHO and sorry!) No3 is a bit "mass produced" - lots of photos like that. Could be any image taken from the internet of a black and white stream on a long exposure

No 1 has more of you as artist in it.

Isn’t the fourth element air? So a photo with wind in it?

I like number 1 best
Then number 3
Number 2’s nice but I prefer the others

As others have said it depends what room that it will hang in. The Colour scheme and the natural or artificial light in each room might make a difference.

The middle one is the most uplifting IMO.

I love the first one, but if she loves neutrals and couldn't handle her colour scheme being interrupted, maybe the third one. The first one is spectacular, though!

Could you frame one but in a frame you can take the back off and give her all three mounted so she can swap to suit the season/her mood?

Number 2, the rocks and heather, nice range of colours and play of light, a recognisable place, and very easy to live with.

1 or 3 ... for me I'd be putting a blue hue on 3 if possible but that's because I love grey and blue 😉
Great pix

No 3 has my vote, I would hang that in my house

I like 1 and 2, colours of 1 would probably suit my living room/hall, the pinks in 2 would suit our bedroom or the guest room.
Not a fan of 3 - nicely done but i'm not a fan of that style and in a wierd way it looks of a period and shop bought rather than personal.

I dont like the middle one , too much sky and doesnt obey the 3rds rule.
I really like 1 and 3 but it does depend where she is going to put it

The thirds rule is nonsense IMO

The first one is my favourite

Love all of them would say number 3 would go with her decor

With the right photo composition you don't always need to adhere to the rule of thirds - some of my most popular photos don't stick to it. I wouldn't say it is nonsense because it can sometimes make photos more appealing to the viewer without them actually knowing why but it's not the most important thing; it's a good rule of thumb for people starting out in photography IMO but when you are more experienced you can do things differently and get a stunning photo.

I just think it makes them a bit samey and less interesting to me.

I want the 1st one

Your mum can have 2nd one

Brizzled
The composition isnt right though on the middle one. The colours are nice, but not sure what they would be like enlarged.

They are fab - the middle one is most all year round although perhaps least challenging

Number 3.

One and three are fab. I'm not a big fan of number two I'm sorry, it looks a bit mundane to me, but get others like it.

I'd probably go number one, becayse it's likely the most recognisable as a place. Number three is more generic.

You're very good.

Number 3 is gorgeous.

Number 1- gorgeous colours and vibrancy

1 & 3 are lovely and would both fit with my house style but 3 sounds like it would be better for your mum plus it's my favourite.

As she has mostly light grey walls i would go with no 3. I think it's the nicest anyway. All fab though.