cheers in advance for any help,
Adam

Dont think I would crop but like to here other peoples suggestions

Maybe that is because it needs no cropping. It is Gorgeous just as it is. In my opinion, no crop.

thanks for that, I did have a little play with a narrow crop and also a square one.. I think eventually yes I will crop out a bit of the upper sky, not sure how much, but I think I want to leave the whole of the reflected rock within the frame. cheers for all replies so far

Hmm, that's pretty much what camera did :-P  hahaha 

I like the balance to this one better, with the split between sky and sea.. I've no qualms with cropping off a bit from the left, and I think I'd go quite close at the bottom like you have too..
I was even considering cloning out the leftmost darker rock to make it more of an isolated object.... cool, thanks for the replies everyone ;)

I still like the first one the most. It is superb. I dont think the horizon should be in the middle.
It makes a peaceful and harmonic whole  while uncropped.
Am I fighting for your first image here ?? :)))

I played.

very nice! puts the onus on me to do something pretty with it if it ends up being gallery bound ;)

actually.. this kind of reminds me of those 'DITI' threads a while ago... if anyone fancies treating this as one of those you're most welcome to now that the initial crop issue has been discussed...

I prefer the original. Great shot!

very nice David, I like this compo... sounds like a neat feature, wish I had cs4! the sky looks mad, bordering on the believable but anything's possible with nature!

I also used it on this photo. 

Big Big Sky

seeya  T

I still like the original, but the B&W gets 2nd place IMHO.

All my crops are already taken...neat how the bw is a completely different image in mood..I would have to have one color and one bw of this.

hey nice versions everyone, impressive stuff cheers for getting involved =)
have to say, I do really like that b&w version Tunde... just taking a break from work so might do something with it right now... keep an eye out in the galleries in a bit I guess..!

i'm liking the long thin crops ( a la Bruce and Danny) - the first reaction i had was "damn, if only there were more on the right to play with..."

Doubt i could add any more to the thread by playing myself...

I like a lot of the ideas everyone has come up with.  I have to admit that I do this all the time.  If there is a shot that I personally think can be improved, I save it and process it.  (I don't show it to anyone or try to pass it off as my own!  I just do it to help me improve my own processing techniques.)

Great shot, btw!

Mike

Mike, I think David did...bold tight crop you used.

seeya  Tunde

A fascinating thread, thanks for making me think,I cant come up with anything new on this however !

nice contribution SFGfx, I do quite like the idea of a vertical pano crop.... can't believe I didn't actually remember to take a vertical frame - usually pretty good about getting both variations of a scene!

thanks also for the comment Garlor, glad it made you think and I think aside from turning it upside down most of the useable crops have been 'taken' already anyway ;)

Adam