billozz Loc: Birmingham, England

i appreciate any critique, but if i crop the top i lose most of the sky, which i think adds to the pic and if i crop the left i lose the tree which again i think adds to the pic, maybe you could edit it and show us what you mean Lucian
thanks
Bill

CORNISH Loc: CORNWALL, UK

Very nice :thumbup:

Lucian Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio

This is what I had in mind. The framing of course can be done however you wish. I did this just to make it pop a little. I did not want you to loose much of the sky but it could accept a little loss. We can all assume what is must have looked like as it went higher in the sky, without actually seeing it. In this crop you just see a part of the buildings on the left and I feel that is enough to set the scene. Also the rest of the bottom was not needed, just the line from bottom right to lead the viewer into the photo from bottom right to upper left, along the river bank.

In the original image you had your horizon about in the centre of the image which is something you rarely want to do and something that is rarely done because it usually does not work well, that is it does not make for a pleasing image. Use the rule of thirds where you can to improve an image. Hope you don't mind my crop.

billozz Loc: Birmingham, England

i dont mind at all thanks for your suggestions

Lucian Loc: From Wales, living in Ohio

Hopefully you can see from the crop that all the details you found interesting were still include, I just removed the superfluous parts that did not really do anything to improve the image. The new crop in my mind makes for a more interesting looking image with all the interesting bits you and all of us liked, still left in there.