Another excercise in croppage

Which one do you prefer, and why?

Ivan

Note: the images are soft/unsharp - ignore that. It's the cropping I'm interested in.

Damian's tree - cropped

I had a go at cropping, and slightly upping the contast on Damian's tree image. The hole in the cloud needs cloning out (I think), but what are the views on this crop, and what other crops do folks think might work?

Original:


Cropped:


Ivan

Any better...?

Colin made the good point that the wide angle effect made the foreground look a bit odd. I agree, and have cropped it again to try to reduce this effect.

Colin - what do you think?

Ivan

Whale and Horse - quick reworkings...

Dear D and C

Without access to my image-editing utility of choice (PS CS), I have quickly tweaked the two images in question to see if there was any "improvement" or enhamcement possible.

Let me know what you think in the usual way...

Ivan

Beachwalkers; The Ann Miles/Gareth Marlow crop

This is the result of the Ann Miles crop (lose the sea) and Gareth's crop (lose the LHS to off-centre the figures).

I do think it's better all round, and a great way (as D says) to use the blog.

Regarding D's comments, this scene didn't exist, so it's an artistic interpretation of what I WANTED it to be. Myself - or anyone else - can enjoy it just the same, for it's appeal is purely visual and emotional. Artist's change stuff all the time when they paint, and it's not as if the scene is so fantastical that it COULDN'T exist; it could have, had the weather conditions been more conducive. The sky is from the same place, a little later in the day, so I've combined two elements from the same place to improve the image.

As for D's other point, some consideration before you take the picture is good, but sometimes time and the light mean you have to be quick; but then it's down to planning, knowing the area, anticipating the light, getting into position and being there, ready, when you need to click, so I see what he's getting at. Great landscape photographers put in the preparation to make sure they can have the time to plan and think, and be ready when the light gets great. Sometimes, snapshots work too, if you're lucky...

Comments welcomed as ever.

Ivan

I like Cropping (and I like to Crop)...

Couldn't help myself. I liked Gareth's bridge picture, but felt it may do better with a more dynamic crop (and lightened up a bit, with a bit more contrast too). So, here is my effort.


Comments?

Ivan

Alternative Crop

You'll all have seen this image below before....



I wanted to try a new crop on it, to see if it could be improved or to just create a different effect. My crop is below...



I wanted to focus on layers; the river, the punt, the distant bridge, and bring out the shades and textures therein. Did I succeed? What do you think versus the original? Has seeing the original changed your view of the crop i.e. would you have liked the crop if you'd not seen the original for example?

Please, let me know what you think, or suggest (and post) your preffered crop.

Ivan

Italian Dolomites - an exercise in cropping

The first image is already a crop from the original picture - my lens at that time was not long enough to get in for the framing I wanted. Anyway, we'll start with the one below as the "original" image. Views on that are welcomed in itself, but I also want to know what you think of the crops below.



First crop - to focus in on the tree filled hillside and the shapes of the interlocking valley and distant peak. Not much sky interest, so tried to minimise this by making it less evident. Also, the landscape - almost panoramic crop - is trying to emphasise the interlocking valley sides.



Second crop - closer again, trying to make the tree hillside fill the foreground by bisecting with the bottom left of the image frame. By going in closer, again the sky is de-emphasised and the little hillfort becomes more of a feature.



I welcome your views on each image and the relative merits of each crop (or not).

Ivan