Tiergarten II

Well, this crop completely changes the idea. It's interesting in its own way but of course the vertigo illusion is gone. Now it's more like ... a canyon, perhaps. The whitish (blooming? dead?) tree on the right, which I hadn't at all noticed in the square frame, is really prominent and breaks the symmetry here.

You didn't notice it because I cropped the sides off of the 1st version. For the one above I cropped off the bottom. Here it is without the white tree. I like the wide format so I'll have to look at both for a while to decide which one I like. I was going for a different look in the 2nd version, as if the road were out of place.

Ok, Here is one that has been up for a while, but I think it was

overshadowed by the first, quite different, crop I made from the same

image. For this crop I wanted to have the road look both appropriate

and out of place. I also liked the imperfect natural symmetry. I wish

I had the resolution to print this large. Thoughts?

Neat photo. Perhaps you could crop in both the sides to get ride of the dead tree and then crop a little off the bottom to keep panoramic style.

 

EDIT: I'm sorry, didn't look at your attachment before posting. That looks great. You could try cropping a little off the bottom, as I said, and see if you like that more.

You might want to paste the original image in a comment on this page. It's far better IMHO. This one has no focal point so we go looking for one and find the lighter colored tree. Instead of using PS, I would rather see you crop it out and put the road right of center.

 

Now if you had a fire engine at dusk . . . .

This image has nice graphic qualities and I think "canyon" would be a fitting title. I like the symmetry although the white tree on the right does bother me some. The problem I have is that there just doesn't seem to be enough here to hold my attention. I agree with the comment above about there being no real focal point. And yet, there is too much detail for this to work well as an abstract.

 

 

The original image (in your folder) is much better with a startling optical illusion. I'd stick with it.

I also agree that, for me, the original image (and its unique perspective) works much better. As for printing this image large, a friend of mine had a D30 (and now has a D60) and he successfully printed some images taken with it as large as 20x30 using his Epson 7000 printer. Of course, there's more to pulling this off than just sending the file to the printer and if you contact me privately, I'll be happy to share the details with you...

I too prefer the original version because of the illusion that you have created. To me this Panoramic version seems forced. (Of course I often think that a lot of panoramics are forced.) Even some of the big names in the industry seem to force their panoramic format photos. I do love a panoramic when it flows naturally, and the subject matter lends itself to that particular format, but much more often than not it just seems forced to me. It seems like the photog says to himself "I bought this panoramic camera, and I've got to get my moneys worth out of it so I'm going to shoot it regardless of the subject and just make my subjects fit the format. (obviously I realize that in your case, you didn't spend thousands on a panoramic camera, but this image has that same kind of forced feeling to me.)