Reaching Out-Help Crop?

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 27, 2010220 views11 comments

Photographed in Point Lobos State Reserve this past weekend on my Big Sur Workshop. This tree caught our eye as we walked along one of the trails. We photographed it just as the fog was starting to break.

I liked how the tree branches on the right were reaching out and want to accentuate that, but no matter how I cropped it I liked it. This first one is the full frame, then I have a 4x5 crop, then a 2.5x1 crop and finally the 3x1 crop.

Nikon D2x, Nikon 28-105mm @ 105mm f11 1/15 ISO 100.

Your comments on this image much appreciated and your choice of crop.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on August 27, 2010 at 4:10 AM

The 4x5 Crop

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on August 27, 2010 at 4:10 AM

The 2.5x1 Crop

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on August 27, 2010 at 4:11 AM

The 3x1 Crop. Thanks for your feedback.

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on August 27, 2010 at 8:57 AM

Gosh Youssef, you make this tough to choose. I prefer the full frame and the 2.5x1 crops because they emphasize the branches on the right side of the image IMO. I bet this looks great in a print because of all those details.

Ed

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Comment posted by John Williams on August 27, 2010 at 9:22 AM

I vote for the 2.5x1, it displays the branches nicely and removes the oof urc.

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Comment posted by Laurent Baig on August 27, 2010 at 1:59 PM

Sell 'em all :)

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Comment posted by Luis Argerich on August 27, 2010 at 3:29 PM

Excellent composition Youssef you have colors not often seen in vegetation scenes and that's really interesting. I like the shot a lot.

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Comment posted by Paul Duval on August 27, 2010 at 4:12 PM

They all have a genes-qua but I would consider clonging or cropping out the intruding branch in the Uhrc. Translation All of the images a strong and it's very hard to pick a favorite Youseff.

Paul

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on August 27, 2010 at 10:57 PM

Nice. I really like the sense of glow that the fog imparted. I prefer the full frame on this one.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on August 29, 2010 at 2:05 PM

Youssef,

Great job isolating the essential elements of this intimate tree scene - I really like this (no surprise there.) As far as crops go, the only thing bothering me about the original and the 4x5 crop is the bright patch in the ULC. If you could do some magic cloning up there I think I would prefer the original. However, the 2.5:1 works the best in presenting the "reaching out" of the limbs and also I think the hanging moss is displayed nicely as well.

The great thing is that you've got a wonderful subject that is allowing these multiple crops. Great eye and capture Youssef.

Lon

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on August 30, 2010 at 4:02 AM

A beautiful portrait of this tree. The full frame is what I like the most, although some of the crops are very interesting in their own right.

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