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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: stamper on February 29, 2016, 06:40:35 am

Title: Mirror, Mirror in the Mall.
Post by: stamper on February 29, 2016, 06:40:35 am: Should I crop the top and bottom six squares?
Title: Re: Mirror, Mirror in the Mall.
Post by: RSL on February 29, 2016, 09:10:25 am: Arrggghh!!! Now my brain is scrambled.

Interesting shot, Robert.
Title: Re: Mirror, Mirror in the Mall.
Post by: Bruce Cox on February 29, 2016, 10:50:04 am: Off the cuff, I would crop either the top or bottom row, but not both of them.
Title: Re: Mirror, Mirror in the Mall.
Post by: RSL on February 29, 2016, 10:58:22 am: Always crop! It's part of the photographic process. Without a crop, no photograph is finished. Right?
Title: Re: Mirror, Mirror in the Mall.
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 29, 2016, 11:34:54 am: My instant reaction to the original post, before reading any of the responses, was: "No! Don't crop anything! I like the way the handbags at the top and the high-heel shoes at the bottom bracket the general chaos in between."

But, of course, as Russ always says,
Quote from: RSL on February 29, 2016, 10:58:22 am
Always crop! It's part of the photographic process. Without a crop, no photograph is finished. Right?
;)

Eric
Title: Re: Mirror, Mirror in the Mall.
Post by: francois on March 01, 2016, 03:21:24 am: I like it as it is but my brain is almost overloaded…
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Post by: chuckn on March 01, 2016, 02:04:35 pm: I like it. It looks like a contact sheet.

Chuck
Title: Re: Mirror, Mirror in the Mall.
Post by: Nelsonretreat on March 01, 2016, 02:09:26 pm: Personally I wouldn't crop them. If you just look at the small version of the pic there is a pleasing increase of density from the top to the middle of the pic. It then falls away towards the bottom of the image. From a distance it looks great and then on closer inspection you get the details. I think it works fine as it is.
Title: Re: Mirror, Mirror in the Mall.
Post by: stamper on March 02, 2016, 03:53:37 am: Thanks for the feedback. On reflection I won't be cropping it. It looks just fine as it is....for now. ;)