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14th Feb 2007 © Cat

For My Valentine

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

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Canon DSLR Challenge17-Feb-2007 20:34
Yes, I too was surprised how the crop worked. Oh, and as for the other image? Version two is particularly lovely and dramatic. ~ Lonnit
Canon DSLR Challenge17-Feb-2007 20:34
Yes, I too was surprised how the crop worked. Oh, and as for the other image? Version two is particularly lovely and dramatic. ~ Lonnit
Guest 17-Feb-2007 17:30
Lonnit,
Interesting! Quite Interesting take on the crop. Thanks for your observations! I did not think on cropping so close on this one. I will follow your suggestion, even if no one likes the output (just for the heck of it then :) ), hopefully it will give another dimension and help us learn from it. :)

Incidently another photo of THIS SAME FLOWER has yet another debate brewing on CTF, take a look at it when you get a chance:
version1 :http://www.pbase.com/ctfchallenge/image/74438414
version2 :http://www.pbase.com/ctfchallenge/image/74445919
Thanks for the deep analysis!
-Cat
Canon DSLR Challenge17-Feb-2007 14:57
Sigh.... yes, this one is better overall, except for the top, which, to me, without trying to beat a dead horse (and not trying to infer that this image is like a dead horse), is extremely distracting. The other doesn't get me hung-up on the top, however, the flower is almost vertical, but not quite, which makes it look like you were trying to get it vertical but screwed up, because it's not tilted enough to make it look like it is intentionally tilted, as this one does.

Now, before you kill me, I think I have a solution. Lop all that blank space off the top (about 75%) and you won't have it there to draw attention! You want it cropped tightly enough so that you get rid of all that attention-drawing rectangularity, yet, not so tightly so as to make us uncomfortable in not having an iota of breething room.

And, if nobody else appreciates what I'm saying, that's fine with me b/c this was a wonderful exercise for me! If only I have grown from it, that's good enough for me! :)

Thanks for engaging in this conversation. I thrive on these!

~ Lonnit
Canon DSLR Challenge16-Feb-2007 20:44
Lonnit> Here's the version I have which matches your suggestion:http://www.pbase.com/cslr_challenge/image/74447880
-Cat
Guest 16-Feb-2007 17:26
Thank you guys for looking and giving me a feedback.
Lonnit, As I told you before, you have a good eye and a keen sense of composition! I know exactly what you mean to the T. I really appreciate your pointing this out. However I am not as strict player as you about the rules. May be I should. I believe, if you hover on ANY photo long enough, you will always find something which we would like to get fixed. I saw the parallel edges even before I took the shot. I went back-n-forth with the comps :) But finally I posted this one. Reason? I wanted to leave just a little bit of "tension" in there. That little tension keeps the view engaged. An untrained eye, would not know why they like it, and trained ones, like you, will know which piece is out of balance. Without that little out of balance, it willl be like any other "generic" beautiful photo, which one sees day-in-day-out and moves on, not able to recall it later what exactly they saw. That little flaw is needed to give it the staying power (IMHO)
Now here is why I didn't choose the other one: For keeping the flower top *not* parallel to the edge, the flower has to be more vertical. I think that affects the comp. The flower placed at this angle, I find to be more easy on the eye. And there is enough breathing room above the flower and the top edge of the photo, so as not to appear chopped off. Also by changing the angle one will have to let more of the pink of the lower flower to get into the photo. That would compete for attention too. Then one might have to lean on vignetting or partial desat to reduce that distraction, so..., None the less I will post the other crop for you. At this point it is more of a matter of taste than anything else. May be you'll like and enjoy the other one :-)
-Cat
Canon DSLR Challenge16-Feb-2007 01:42
It's so beautifully done, but it really bothers me that the top of the flower is so flat and parallel with the frame. It emphasizes it, making it look like you're trying to make a statement about how flat it is. I would suggest a bit of rotation to the image to avoid this impression. ~ Lonnit
Nugar15-Feb-2007 17:49
Very well executed. I can see picture this on a card.
Canon DSLR Challenge15-Feb-2007 13:45
nicely done.

Grant