Rejected Images for Poster and Magazine Cover

These are the 3 main images which I was going to use for my poster and magazine cover.

The first image (1.) I was going to use either for the main image of the magazine, which I the decided against, because magazines mainly focus on a person or a couple on their front cover, and therefore felt that more than 2 people would make the front cover too busy. And it also wasn't very well taken and would've looked unprofessional

The second image (2.) I was going to use for the poster. Although this image is very similar to the one I did use for the poster. However I felt that having both characters looking away from eachother doesn't give the spectator of the poster a sense of knowing something. Whereas the image of the female character looking at the spectator will make them feel more attached to that character.

The third image (3.) I was also considering for my poster. This image had the opposite reason for not using it. Although both characters are looking toward the spectator I felt that it would make the relationship between the audience and the main female protaginist isn't as personal if the specatator has both the characters looking at them. Also the proxemics between the characters isn't as close as the image I did use. So it then gives the wrong impression about there relationship.