Crop this photo

[Joao]

Can you crop this photo in order to get a better composition? Please feel free to try (square, portrait or landcape, does not matter).
Thanks
Joao

 

[cweg]

crop1

crop2

the Square is my fav, cause of the different lines.

 

[Sparrow]

 

[taxi38]

no crop

no crop

a sort of cropping where you just try and emphasize whats important to you.





p.s. the only way of judging the horizon here is possibly by the seat.

 

[martin s]

@cweg the first one made me smile, really, really great how the crop changed the image. I would have _never_ thought of this, maybe I should start cropping more (...consciously)

martin

 

[johannielscom]

Cut off all unnecessary parts. The vast open sky is evenly coloured and therefore rather dull. The essence of the wall and seats is preserved without showing the ventilation opening (?) in the wall. Had it still been perfectly round I would have kept it for easthetic reasons, but since it is oval due to picture perspective, it is merely a distracting object.

All solutions are valid, it all depends on the viewers preferences!

 

[ferider]

I like space. And a straight horizon

 

[David William White]

great and fun idea for a thread.

 

[bmattock]

I like space. And a straight horizon

Thank you for that, I was getting seasick.

 

[rbiemer]

Square works for me:

Rob

 

[HarryW]

Vertical Crop

Vertical Crop

I've never uploaded before so I hope this works OK
Regards

Harry

 

[Brennotdan]

I wanna play

I wanna play

great tones in the sky and sunny areas

 

[HarryW]

Square Crop

Square Crop

Thought I would also try a square crop.
There are a number of strong geometric shapes in the concrete seats and to accentuate these I have cropped as tight as possible.
Regards

Harry

 

[Keith]

Roland is on the right track IMO ... that's the one that works best for me!

 

[cweg]

Roland is on the right track IMO ... that's the one that works best for me!

Sorry I don't know, but who is Roland?

 

[Keith]

Sorry I don't know, but who is Roland?

Sorry ... ferider.

We're such a clique bunch ... we just assume everyone knows everyone else!

 

[bottley1]

Groovy.

P.S. Clean your negs before scanning.....

 

[Joao]

Thanks

Thanks

I welcome all the comments and sugestions. I was amazed with (and learned from) the variety of proposed options, it resulted as a "Crtique" thread put into practice. Thank you all for your input
Best regards
Joao

 

[imajypsee]

here's mine

here's mine

here... just the graphic portion is the most interesting..

 

[petebown]

Personally, I would crop to place the horizon nearer the rule of thirds and lose the circular object in the wall as it is distracting. I also leveled up the horizon a little.

I might also try using just the graphic shapes of the chairs.

In both cases I've taken the bottom of the wall into the corner of the image. In the second image I've taken the top of the wall into the other corner.