Empty spaces

[Meerkat17]

Is there too much empty space in the cropped version? I'm not sure if it works of not but I like the sharpness and DOF in the image. Your comments are welcomed.

I don't want to clone flowers in as I'd prefer to shoot the image again to get it right.

David

Original
http://www.btinternet.com/~David.Lewins/g5/images/CRW_2996C.jpg

Crop
http://www.btinternet.com/~David.Lewins/g5/images/CRW_2996Crop.jpg

Exif:
Owner: ©2004 David Lewins
Date/Time: 2004:06:16 11:01:20
Shutter speed: 1/500 sec
Aperture: 5
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Single frame shooting
ISO: 50
Lens: 7.2 to 28.8mm
Focal length: 7.2mm
Subject distance: 0.170 m
Macro focus: On
AF mode: Continuous AF
Image size: 1944 x 2592
Image quality: Lossless
White balance: Daylight
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Picture Effect: Low sharpening

[lomond]

Hi David,
Personally I don't think there's too much emty space. I too like the sharpness of the flower in the foreground, however, I think I would have preferred a shallower DOF.

BTW I had a look at your your galleries in fotopic, some great shots there.
My favourites are "Boat at Craster Harbour" and "Seaham harbour retake" oh and not forgetting "Zak" ( for its quality and some sentimental reasons)

Cameron

[rick barclay]

Top one looks a little out of synch to me, but I don't know how you'd
go about cropping it. I like the pictures, especially the red tinge of the
backgroud

[Radtech1]

David,

Greetings, this is a tough call, and what I would want would be the best of both worlds. I like the orientation of the first shot and that is what I would work with.

On one hand, I would like to have seen the composition shot from standing a little to the left. With this, the flowers might have seemed more "in line" and offering a more dramatic effect for demonstrating the DOF falloff. (With a drop to a lower f-number as well, to enhance the effect.)

On the other hand, I would like to have seen the composition shot from standing a little to the right. THAT direction seems to show more green in the background grass and less brown. I find the brown grass very distracting, and it kills the mood of lushness that the rest of the shot brings.

In either case, I might start with a vantage point that is closer to the ground, too.

You are definitely in the right neighborhood, and the shot, as is, is not bad. It just seems that to get any better is like a no-win situation.

Rad

[kd5izq]

For what its worth, the uncropped version made me think the other flowers were stuck up and snooty, but this nice little guy was much friendlier and wanted you to take his picture

[PhotosGuy]

made me think the other flowers were stuck up and snooty
:lol: :lol:
I see what you mean!

David, I find that by scrolling so I don't see the area above the flower top of the first one, I like it better. Maybe crop a bit off the top down to the flower? And just burn the top-right corner a touch?

[Meerkat17]

Thanks for the imput everyone.

Rad,
"Best of both worlds" I think I wanted much the same as you and couldn't choose which one when I was taking the shot!

kd5izq,
"Stuck-up & Snooty"
:lol: I also see what you mean!

Lomond,
Thanks for your kind comments.

Frank,
I'll have a go at what you suggest, since I read you comment I've been playing with the scroll bar and I like what I see.

Thanks again everyone.

David