Crop or not?

[Downtown]

I'm just wondering if the snow covered rock's in the bottom right corner are distracting? Would cropping the out improve the shot or not? Thank's

DT

[A Team]

It is really hard to see your photo since it is attached as a thumbnail. Can you link it from another site like flickr.com?

[Edsport]

Click on the thumbnail to get bigger pic...

[KansaiGreenie]

Originally Posted by Downtown

I'm just wondering if the snow covered rock's in the bottom right corner are distracting? Would cropping the out improve the shot or not? Thank's

DT

In answer to your questions: my opinion is that the rocks in the corner are a distraction and that cropping them out would improve the shot. However, cropping them out would change the shot a lot. One of the things that the rocks do is 'ground' the shot and cutting them out would leave the pier floating in negative space. Which might be more dramatic and a bit surreal. I guess it all depends on what you want to communicate with the image.

Either way I think it is an interesting image and I'd like to see what it would look like without the rocks in the corner.

KG

[leviathan]

I don't think you should crop out the rocks in the bottom right corner. It grounds the subject and also provides the subject with a context. If the rocks were not there, I would be left with a lot of questions. Seeing the snow on the rocks helps me understand that there is snow on the subject. It informs me that it's winter time. It also draws my eyes around the entire image, and makes the image much more dynamic than if it were cropped.

[teaking]

I think the un cropped version is better my self as well it just looks lost out at sea with no rocks.

If you could take the shot at a lower tide so there were more pebbles leading up towards the rock maybe that would have helped so the rock wasn't all out on its own... but saying that the fact it does gives it a surreal look and I kinda like it

[sk66]

I don't think I would crop.

But I think there wouldn't even be a question if you had used a lower vantage point to take the pic. By getting down lower it would bring the foreground/subject/horizon closer together vertically. And I think the vertical space/separation is the problem with this image...

BTW, nice use of DOF!

[windrider86]

Just so you know all the ins and outs of posting in the critique section I have inlcuded the guidelines for you to review. thanks!

[A Team]

Maybe I am doing something wrong, but when I click on it, it says I do not have permission to view.

[Downtown]

That's wierd? I wish I could help but maybe a moderator could shed more light on your problem.

DT