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Oct 16, 2010 16:27 |  #1

Crop or no crop? General comment on the pic is more than welcome. I used no additional light that day. Thanks in advance.


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Oct 16, 2010 17:09 |  #2

I like no crop much better. Cropped is intimate, but not cropped seems to tell a richer story.



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Oct 16, 2010 18:54 |  #3

How about cropping it even further to bring out the intimacy more?


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Oct 16, 2010 19:04 |  #4

Is her eye in focus enough to crop more?


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Oct 16, 2010 19:37 |  #5

If I were to choose between the two, the crop version wins easy. No white "thing" on the left, and the cropped arm/elbow doesn't look optimal.
I would crop it even tighter. I would also brighten it up and sharpen it. I would try to do something to separate their heads from the background. I would clone out the strap on her shoulder.


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Oct 16, 2010 19:39 |  #6

juanpafer wrote in post #11110093 (external link)
I would crop it even tighter. I would also brighten it up and sharpen it.

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Oct 17, 2010 13:18 |  #7

crop.


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Oct 17, 2010 14:38 |  #8

THANKS ALL OF YOU FOR INPUTS!


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Oct 17, 2010 17:20 |  #9

I like no crop


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Oct 17, 2010 17:53 |  #10

Perhaps if their arms were more intimately around each other, I'd like the no crop. As it is, I love the tighter cropped image :)


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Oct 17, 2010 18:15 |  #11

Crop


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Oct 17, 2010 23:37 |  #12

I would say crop


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Oct 18, 2010 18:01 |  #13

No crop.
I enjoy the extra space.


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Oct 18, 2010 18:55 |  #14
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Crop because you get rid of the white in the background.


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