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I took this shot of the rocks in the foreground partly because I found their colour and textures interesting, but also because their outline sort of mimicked the outline of Castle Hill in the background.


But in PP I thought it all looked too busy and decided to crop to make it a sorta wide angle land/sea/sky-scape (below) - now I'm really torn between them. Which one would you say is a 'keeper'?
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For me it would be #2, mainly because you have got rid of that messy foreground.
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Yep - I'm with Richard.
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def number 2. the foreground was a little distracting
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Hmmm, 3 out of 3 sort of makes it unanimous doesn't it?

Ok, thanks for taking the time to reply ...

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