patmartj opened this issue on Feb 14, 2003 ยท 10 posts
patmartj posted Fri, 14 February 2003 at 12:53 PM
insaneheadcase posted Fri, 14 February 2003 at 1:04 PM
Well what did the whole image look like before you cropped? And do you want to emphazise just the building and the boats or do you like the way it looks with the other stuff in the background? I really like the blue boat in the foreground and the building with the red adds a great touch. Not sure if you should crop more or not, I really think thats a matter of personal taste.
Caledonia posted Fri, 14 February 2003 at 1:13 PM
I think I would have cropped less as the steeple in the background kinda echos the lines on the boat or at least it would if it were all there.
MarcusExe posted Fri, 14 February 2003 at 1:26 PM
First of all I'd make the photo vertical ;) it's not straight, rotate it counterclockwise by around 1 degree and half, I think and it's done. Because I see that the subjects here are the blue boat and the red windows on the house I'd crop on the height of the beige building that stands right behind the one with the red windows.
DHolman posted Fri, 14 February 2003 at 1:46 PM
Tough call on the crop. Cropping more on the top would put more emphasis on the boat on the left and give you a more horizontal composition. But I think for it to really clean your background up a bit(if that's what you're trying to do), you'd end up clipping the mast thingie (oh yea, I'm real nautical). Try a couple different croppings, save them under different names and then look at them and see what you think. Could help more if, like Insane asks, you can let us know what is it you are trying to emphasize? Marcus - I don't see what's not straight in this one. Most lines look to be parallel to the sides. A few are slightly off, but I think that's more a matter of "boats in the water" and "older waterfront buildings" than the whole shot being off. -=>Donald
PhrankPower posted Fri, 14 February 2003 at 2:00 PM
Post the original. Ditto on Marcus' comment on the slight rotation.
patmartj posted Fri, 14 February 2003 at 2:09 PM
ficticious posted Fri, 14 February 2003 at 7:27 PM
patmartj posted Sat, 15 February 2003 at 4:35 AM
That is really neat, thanks again to everyone will post the cropped image to gallery now. Pat
JordyArt posted Sat, 15 February 2003 at 6:52 AM
For my half penneth, I'd have stepped back 5 feet and included the top of the spire.... Actually, I dunno if there would be too much 'blankness' contrasting with the intense detail.... hmmm... nope, after thinking, I'd probably photoshop the spire out completely....... (",)