jimmckinnon Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 <p>Michael, my first reaction is that the right 1/3 or so of your current crop does nothing for the picture and is wasted space. </p> <p>I don't think everyone is saying that the vertical branches are distracting.</p> <p>I fear that your posting such oversize photos that people need to click to see may stop some people from bothering. Please look <a href="../frequent-questions#upload">HERE </a>for photo-posting guidelines.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg s Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 <p>I would do as per orig "Proof of Concept"</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_wagner1 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 <p>I would always recommend against changing the aspect ratio, as most of the respondents here have done, and yes, this is pretty obviously a frontal shot.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikepalo Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 <p>Alright ....per Jim's comment.... here is that 5x10.5 crop again smaller</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guido_h Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Can't help it, but anything to the right of the bird simply looks distracting to me. IMO, CPeter Jørgensen's crop is the most "down to the essentials" one so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Doo Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 <p>It seems to need too much work. LOL!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charmianjoy Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 <p>The FIRST crop by Michael Lawson is by far the best. Go that route! :) The others have too many distraction elements that make your eye confused. The composition of the first crop is great and definitely makes the image interesting!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_campbell1 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 <p>Mass application of the cloning tool is not "cropping."<br> IMO, CPJ's crop makes the best of a difficult image.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeljlawson Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 <p>Thanks Charmian. Greg, I agree that the clone tool does not constitute cropping, but since the original poster didn't set any ground rules as to what can or can't be done to the image, I wanted to state that the decision of what needs to be in the image should be made first in order to make an effective cropping choice. If all elements must remain in the image, I would likely choose differently and probably make a choice closer to Dan or CPJs.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brodie_thomson Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 <p>I would go for Michael's crop and cloning. But just for something different (IMO) I find it would make the image interesting just to crop off the left side of it to remove the top of that tree so the photo's a square. I think it would give it an artistic look to it, but not necessarily what you would be after being a action shot of a bird.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffm Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 <p>This thread goes to show what makes photography so fascinating. So many different opinions, and all of them are right!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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