Which crop

[Poider]

G'day, I would like people to give their opinions on these three crops of the same picture, Which is better and why?





Thank you
Peter

[RichardTaylor]

#1 because the bird id looking into the picture.

[volfinkinder]

The first crop is a better shot in my opinion. To me it just looks more pleasing.

[dlambert]

I like #1 -- there's a sense of space for the bird to move into, and it seems like that's where the bird's attention is drawn, so there must be something interesting happening there, right?

[mrteacherdude]

Ditto - #1 gets my vote, for same reasons as above.

Primary subject is the bird, placed (approximately) along 1/3 portion of image better than centered as in #2; compared to similar placement of #3 is better than #3 as bird is looking into "negative space" (#1) which is typically more pleasing to the eye. Now that I'm looking at it a little more closely, #1 is also placed along the lower third of the frame (good) but I'm noticing now that the angle of the bird is such that it approximately follows a diagonal line from the lower left corner toward the upper right, leaving "negative space" in that direction as well... intriguing.

[Poider]

Thank you all, I tend to agree, I also like number 1.
Peter