To crop or not to crop?
Jul 9, 2016 14:26:29 #
Jul 9, 2016 14:30:35 #
The two versions tell very different stories. I suggest, ask yourself what story do you want the image to tell, what is the main subject or theme, when you answer those questions, you will have the answer to your question about cropping.
Jul 9, 2016 14:31:53 #
Busch wrote:
Which one?
Which one do you want? One is a picture of the flower, embellished with a bird. The other is a picture of the bird, embellished with a flower.
Jul 9, 2016 14:32:45 #
I would say no crop but the proper use of Photoshop if that is the software you are using for editing.
Jul 9, 2016 14:38:50 #
#2 for me - - Emphasizes the Hummie as the subject with colorful flower also in focus.
the first shot has the bird, flower, and some thing sticking up from the bottom, plus extraneous dimly lit and out of focus (OK - - Bokeh and all that) in the background
the first shot has the bird, flower, and some thing sticking up from the bottom, plus extraneous dimly lit and out of focus (OK - - Bokeh and all that) in the background
Jul 9, 2016 14:51:26 #
Not. Your image is vertical, cutting part of it off harms the image, IMHO.
Jul 9, 2016 17:41:32 #
camerapapi wrote:
I would say no crop but the proper use of Photoshop if that is the software you are using for editing.
I don't understand: "proper use of Photoshop"?
Jul 9, 2016 18:05:02 #
You did not clone that piece of iron sticking in the middle of the frame but instead you cropped a large amount of pixels from the original and still that piece of iron was visible in the final crop. If that is what you want I am going to say that it is your photograph and you make the final decision but there is an alternative and it is cloning completely that piece of iron as I showed you, easily done using Photoshop and leaving all those pixels alone.
Another way is to clone the piece of iron like I did and then crop to your taste although you will loose lots of pixels if you plan to enlarge the file.
Perhaps you understood that I was saying you did not know how to edit but that was not my intention, surely I did not use the right words and I apologize.
Another way is to clone the piece of iron like I did and then crop to your taste although you will loose lots of pixels if you plan to enlarge the file.
Perhaps you understood that I was saying you did not know how to edit but that was not my intention, surely I did not use the right words and I apologize.
Jul 10, 2016 05:29:42 #
JD750 wrote:
The two versions tell very different stories. I suggest, ask yourself what story do you want the image to tell, what is the main subject or theme, when you answer those questions, you will have the answer to your question about cropping.
I agree with JD750, what do you want to emphasize, the flower or the bird?
Jul 10, 2016 10:25:53 #
camerapapi wrote:
I would say no crop but the proper use of Photoshop if that is the software you are using for editing.
Well done.
Jul 10, 2016 16:02:02 #
I prefer number two. Number one just seems unbalanced and not very attractive. In addition I like the crop that camerapapi proposed.
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Bud
Jul 10, 2016 23:37:00 #
They're both good, Busch, so it's hard to choose one...but if I had to, I'd choose the first one.
Jul 11, 2016 01:05:01 #
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