cropping/saturation question boy with umbrella

[kristenh]

Are there conventions or preferences about cropping umbrellas? I took this one this morning (somebody was very happy to get that umbrella out):



and cropped it thus:



then wondered if it's not okay to crop an umbrella? like not okay to crop a foot?

also, i discovered the saturate buttons is this too much? it's actually only a teeny bit more saturated than as-shot

thanks for any ideas. the data:

nikon D5000
focal length 35 mm
shutter speed 1/125
aperture 2.8
iso 560
as you can probably tell, i used a fill flash

[carlyfan]

To my untrained eye, it does look a tad too saturated. With all the bright colors it may not be necessary to play with saturation. I think the colors on the original look better and more real.
As far as the umbrella goes, I personally think it looks fine. But don't trust me on this. Hopefully someone who knows something will reply after me, listen to them. Overall, nice shot, I like it.

[kristenh]

thanks, carlyfan

i'll un-saturate a bit.

[AdrenoJunkie]

The crop looks good, but the saturation is definitely unneccessary. The colors are plenty bright.

[Exiztence]

Nice photo!
I'd crop it even more to fill the frame with the umbrella background colors. That'll make a very creative looking photo.

[kristenh]

thanks, adrenojunkie and existenze- i reset the saturation to as-shot and cropped square:



i like that a little better than vertical:



ya think?

[SnapShotShooter]

That last one is the best.

[Pitrih]

i agree, the last one is the best
and only if you could remove that shadow from the flash :P it would be perfect.
btw..i would boost contrast a bit..but that's just me