Into more cropping? Have at it! Please; have a go at composing/ cropping: Although I feel no particular challenge in composing a portrait of a single blossom of almost any sort, when I...

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Please; have a go at composing/ cropping:

Although I feel no particular challenge in composing a portrait of a single blossom of almost any sort, when I am confronted by a mass of blossoms, as, f’rinstance, this glorious mass of crabapple blossoms, confusion reigns!

Please compose/ crop to you heart’s content - and please provide your reasonings behind your offerings

Many thanks,
Dave

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Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

I have no artistic ability at all. That having been said I would crop nothing. I would put it in PS and play with sharpness and color a little bit but nothing else.

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

Uuglypher wrote:

Please; have a go at composing/ cropping:

Although I feel no particular challenge in composing a portrait of a single blossom of almost any sort, when I am confronted by a mass of blossoms, as, f’rinstance, this glorious mass of crabapple blossoms, confusion reigns!

Please compose/ crop to you heart’s content - and please provide your reasonings behind your offerings

Many thanks,
Dave

Ok, Dave. I'll bite. Along with the crop (I like a good 2:1 ratio), I may have made another modification or two.

Otherwise, reasonings? We don't need no stinkin' reasonings!

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

If there was only a single glimpse of sky, I'd have approached differently. I think in this frame they balance each other, so I didn't crop. I like the idea of the center blossoms popping closer to the viewer from the full tree, and I wanted more interesting light. So here 'tis

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Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Thank, curmudgeon, I appreciate your candor!
Dave

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Cany143 wrote:

Ok, Dave. I'll bite. Along with the crop (I like a good 2:1 ratio), I may have made another modification or two.

Otherwise, reasonings? We don't need no stinkin' reasonings!

Hi, Jim;
...well, I like your chosen proportions, and I like the diagonal light: dark balance! Stinking’ or not, them’s MY reasons for liking what you did!

Thank y’e,
Dave

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Linda From Maine wrote:

If there was only a single glimpse of sky, I'd have approached differently. I think in this frame they balance each other, so I didn't crop. I like the idea of the center blossoms popping closer to the viewer from the full tree, and I wanted more interesting light. So here 'tis

Hi,Linda;
That’s pretty close to one my cropped versions - balancing the bright corners!
.. and I like your lighting effect!

Thanks much for your contribution.
Dave

Guyserman Loc: Benton, AR

Uuglypher wrote:

Hi,Linda;
That’s pretty close to one my cropped versions - balancing the bright corners!
.. and I like your lighting effect!

Thanks much for your contribution.
Dave

I was fascinated by the "Y" shape formed by the tree in the background. Reminded me of my homemade slingshots when I was a boy. So I brought in the sides frame the slingshot and darkened the most distant edges somewhat. I know... reminiscing stinks!

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R.G. Loc: Scotland

The white background (garage door?) isn't ideal and I think that might be part of your problem. I just cropped in to the densest part of the blossoms and used a mixture of cloning and a custom vignette to subdue the white background as much as possible.
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Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Guyserman wrote:

I was fascinated by the "Y" shape formed by the tree in the background. Reminded me of my homemade slingshots when I was a boy. So I brought in the sides frame the slingshot and darkened the most distant edges somewhat. I know... reminiscing stinks!

Thanks guyserman,
The vertical format is cool, and I see the flowers suggesting al lower left-to-upper right diagonal, and the tree as the opposite diagonal. Your slingshot as a triangle intersecting that diagonal!
Thanks for your constructive input!
Dave

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

R.G. wrote:

The white background (garage door?) isn't ideal and I think that might be part of your problem. I just cropped in to the densest part of the blossoms and used a mixture of cloning and a custom vignette to subdue the white background as much as possible.
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Hi, Coz,
Yes, those sky patches were definite distractions ( all sky no “garage door”...gimme a break) and you skillfully got rid of them. That’s a really nice selection of just the right aggregate of blossom clumps which are improved by your pp touches.
Good lesson gratefully received!

edrobinsonjr Loc: Boise, Idaho

Here's my take, Dave. I removed a lot of the space at the top and bottom with a simple crop. Seemed like it took away from the blooms. Then I cloned over a lot of the white spaces so they didn't distract. Finally, I added just a bit of vignette to bring the focus more toward the center.

Ed

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ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

Uuglypher wrote:

Please; have a go at composing/ cropping:

Although I feel no particular challenge in composing a portrait of a single blossom of almost any sort, when I am confronted by a mass of blossoms, as, f’rinstance, this glorious mass of crabapple blossoms, confusion reigns!

Please compose/ crop to you heart’s content - and please provide your reasonings behind your offerings

Many thanks,
Dave

Most of the edits I see here concentrate on that central mass. I think that is the key. I like the different interpretations of basically the same idea. That is the direction I think I would go.
Erich

Jim-Pops Loc: Granbury, Texas

I cropped mine in a 4 x 5 / 8 x 10 format. I made 2 color layers set to multiply around 55%. One was an average color of the whole picture that ended up being a tope color and another layer using the darkest brightest pink color. Made a duplicate base layer with a mask for the center blossom grouping. Moved it to the top to make them the center of attention.

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Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

edrobinsonjr wrote:

Here's my take, Dave. I removed a lot of the space at the top and bottom with a simple crop. Seemed like it took away from the blooms. Then I cloned over a lot of the white spaces so they didn't distract. Finally, I added just a bit of vignette to bring the focus more toward the center.

Ed

Hi, Ed.
Looks like you accomplished your intent in spades, seems Lille the isolated bunch may be the way to go. The dimesionality you accomplished is marvelous!