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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on August 31, 2018, 02:18:51 pm

Title: curve
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on August 31, 2018, 02:18:51 pm
Thoughts? I wondered about cropping off some of the bottom.

Jeremy
Title: Re: curve
Post by: RSL on August 31, 2018, 02:32:20 pm
Idyllic. Far superior to seals and other cold critters.
Title: Re: curve
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on September 02, 2018, 03:48:32 am
Idyllic. Far superior to seals and other cold critters.

You're just averse to any thought of cold, Russ  ;) I assume that's why you live in Florida.

But thanks!

Jeremy
Title: Re: curve
Post by: Rob C on September 02, 2018, 08:08:14 am
Thoughts? I wondered about cropping off some of the bottom.

Jeremy


Jeremy, if you begin with the right bottom there is seldom need to trim it.

Rob
Title: Re: curve
Post by: RSL on September 02, 2018, 08:29:33 am
Leave the bottom alone. If you trim away that first sunbeam it's going to look crowded.
Title: Re: curve
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on September 02, 2018, 12:44:26 pm
Jeremy, if you begin with the right bottom there is seldom need to trim it.

My wife tells me that mine was one of the things about me that she found (and, thankfully, continues to find) appealing.

Or were you referring to the photo?

Jeremy
Title: Re: curve
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 02, 2018, 12:57:56 pm
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Title: Re: curve
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on September 02, 2018, 01:03:54 pm
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We should club together and buy one for Russ.

Jeremy
Title: Re: curve
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 02, 2018, 01:05:11 pm
Depends what you want to portray with the image. If a lovely late summer day, than no need to crop. But if you intend to attract attention to the curve in the road, as your title implies, then you might want to crop both top and bottom, something like this:
Title: Re: curve
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 02, 2018, 02:48:18 pm
We should club together and buy one for Russ.

Jeremy
I'll definitely chip in for that!
Title: Re: curve
Post by: RSL on September 02, 2018, 02:54:43 pm
No, Slobodan's the one who needs it. He's a cropper.
Title: Re: curve
Post by: 32BT on September 02, 2018, 03:16:13 pm
There is entirely too much info in this thread that could use cropping... !
Title: Re: curve
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 02, 2018, 04:40:29 pm
Maybe we could come up with a committee to decide on what gets cropped. We could call it "share-cropping."
Title: Re: curve
Post by: Rob C on September 02, 2018, 04:47:58 pm
Maybe we could come up with a committee to decide on what gets cropped. We could call it "share-cropping."


You couldn't make it up! Wait...

:-)
Title: Re: curve
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 02, 2018, 05:49:13 pm
The official uniform (must be worn at all meetings) would of course be Slobodan's tee shirt.
Title: Re: curve
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on September 03, 2018, 03:44:16 am
Depends what you want to portray with the image. If a lovely late summer day, than no need to crop. But if you intend to attract attention to the curve in the road, as your title implies, then you might want to crop both top and bottom, something like this:

I can see exactly what you mean, Slobodan, and I rather like that crop. Not that it matters, but in fact it was very early morning.

I've just remembered that the large tree on the right in the uncropped version featured in the very first pic I posted on LuLa, nearly 12 years ago: https://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=12600.msg80402#msg80402.

Jeremy
Title: Re: curve
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 03, 2018, 09:48:44 am
Jeremy,

Your 2006 shot would go well in the Photo Chain Challenge thread which recently has been showing trees in fog.
Title: Re: curve
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on September 03, 2018, 02:06:13 pm
Your 2006 shot would go well in the Photo Chain Challenge thread which recently has been showing trees in fog.

I seem to have missed that boat: it's moved on to badlands now. Timing is all, as the comedians say.

Jeremy
Title: Re: curve
Post by: Two23 on September 03, 2018, 04:23:59 pm
I prefer Slobodan's version.  It has more impact.


Kent in SD
Title: Re: curve
Post by: RSL on September 03, 2018, 07:48:08 pm
As I predicted. It looks crowded.
Title: Re: curve
Post by: MattBurt on September 04, 2018, 01:12:07 pm
I like the crop better too. It feels unbalanced to me with all that open foreground.