Coal Mine 01

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Original photo is 4:3 and is in color. I cropped to 1:1 because I didn't like the original composition. With the original it ment the "wheel" would be in the middle.

The square format does put more emphasis on the 'scoops'(?) than the wider format would have, but I would like to see a slightly wider shot so that a bit more of the coal could be seen and the machinery would appear less cramped. I think this would provide a better sense of place. I would also like to see a slightly darker tonal value in the wheel area. The high values there draw my eye to the left side of the image and make it a bit hard to move around to the rest of the shot. Overall though, I still like it. It shows good compositoiin and is well executed. Very nice.

- Randy