Princeton Rose Garden

This was taken on a trip to Princeton Univercity.

Is the subject the roses or the people? Or the large, vine-covered tree on the right? Crop along the walkway about an inch from the couple's feet. Crop vertically from left to about 3 inches (in real life) from the girl's elbow. THEN eliminate 40% of the image area by cropping vertically right through the dark plant stake in the middle of the roses--the one which cuts the left edge of two roses, one above the other. Crop that stake and the roses it touches out. Re-title the photo. You now have a guy and a girl--or a father and daughter--walking on a path heading anywhere . . .instead of a confusing mix of trees and fence in the background and a bunch of out of focus flowers. Voila--you have a "Photograph" and not a "picture."