Exercise: Cropping

In this exercise we are asked to crop an image instead of using the camera to fill the screen.

Full Moon passing by

This Picture of the full moon was taken on 8.1.2012, (3611). The top is the original picture. I was primarely concentrating on getting the moons exposure and focus right. I used the distant tree to add interest. In photoshop I used a square crop to contrast the round moon and offset it to the right and leave it to the viewers imagination to watch the moons pass to the left behind the tree.

Bison's - In Scotland?

I was driving along the busy dual carriageway when glimpsed in the distance a group of bison. Half a mile onwards there was a safe parking place.

The field was quite a distance away so I used the longer lens as I did not wish to cross the steep banks. In photoshop I cut out a bit of the field and a lot of the sky as both did not add anything to the image. The long narrow crop concentrates on this for Scotland unusual sight. Taken on 29.12.2011,(3381)

Sheep feeding on turnip

For a few days I had seen this field with sheep at early dawn and thought that this could make some interesting pictures in better light.

This is the original image and gives the general view of the landscape, and lents itself also for some crops. I did take a few other pictures where I focused on simular views as with this crop.

In this image my eye concentrates on the regular lines of turnips in an uneven field by sheep feeding.

I composed this narrow vertical crop to focus even more on the parallel lines. I just managed to avoid cutting through any sheep in the forground and the centre of the picture. Another crop could be about a quarter way down. However to me it seems that having three groups of sheep looked more interesting and also gives the impression that the field is disappearing into the far distance. Taken on 22.2.2012, (4328).