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Madeleine,

A wonderful image.

If I may suggest, I would crop a bit of sky, then a bit from the left to keep the rectangular perspective.

Hope you don't mind my providing a possible way to adjust.

 Paul

Pankaj,

Thank you for your excellent post. When I looked at the two images side by side before posting, I clearly saw that some folks (perhaps most) might prefer the uncropped version. I really like your comment "but this spacious blank providing it a cleanness". Usually I would associate the word "clean" with a tighter, simpler composition, but I understand and agree with what you are saying here. I might also use the word "elegant".

In fact, as I look more and more at both versions, I'm coming to think that the uncropped version is better because it is more elegant.

Of all the subjectivity about art, perhaps composition is the most subjective. Wherever you come down on this print, hopefully these posts have prompted the kind of thoughts that Pankaj has expressed so well.

Paul

Lauren,

You misunderstood my point. I'm not cutting anything off at the bottom; just cropping top and right, very subtly, to eliminate a bit of blank space top and right. It strengthens the image (IMHO) also by moving the curved path a bit higher at the top. The walker and dog are also emphasized more. See attached cropped photo.

Paul

P.S. Cropping at the right also gets rid of some excess blank space, and makes for a stronger composition. It goes back to a more rectangular image (which is ok), but I think it works better.

Paul

I agree, a wonderful image. Only one suggestion: There is unneeded blank space at the top, making the image a bit too rectangular, and more importantly, puts the path curving out of the picture a bit low. If you crop just above the top lamp, you eliminate the extra blank space; put the curving path closer to the top; and have (IMHO) a more pleasing proportion.

Paul