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2 Crop or Not 2 Crop

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2 Crop or Not 2 Crop

Postby Bretski on Tue May 02, 2006 1:33 am

What do you think???

Original

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or Cropped

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Postby PiroStitch on Tue May 02, 2006 1:48 am

The original is much better. I don't like the rock being chopped off.

Also try lowering the brightness a tad as the rocks which reflected the light the most, tend to be a bit on the bright side. Also try applying a bit of Unsharp Mask to the image or increase the contrast as it's a tad soft.
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Postby greencardigan on Tue May 02, 2006 9:54 am

Uncropped look much better to me. :)
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Postby stubbsy on Tue May 02, 2006 10:18 am

What the opthers said. The crop is not needed.
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Postby sirhc55 on Tue May 02, 2006 10:31 am

I prefer the cropped version. Rocks are, IMO, not terribly interesting. The cropped version gives more credence to the tangled compactness of the rocks.
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Postby losfp on Tue May 02, 2006 2:40 pm

Prefer the uncropped version, but if I HAD to crop, I would chp it just under the leaves of the bush/shrub in the top right corner.
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