Jake's Backdoor Hippie-palooza, 2014 Edition

Marcel

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Here it is:

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Roy1961

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so did i

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so to be fair to Marcel his post did mention the wasp which i missed first time around
 
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BackdoorArts

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Marcel said:
Here it is:

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For me that's too restrictive a crop. It highlights the subject, but it gives them nowhere to go. What I like about mine, and maybe it's because I know how they move around there, is that the wider crop gives you the feeling of the "dance floor" that they operate on. With just the bird I'd be OK with the closer crop, as I did with the other shot. But I can see why you'd see it differently.
 
Marcel

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BackdoorHippie said:
For me that's too restrictive a crop. It highlights the subject, but it gives them nowhere to go. What I like about mine, and maybe it's because I know how they move around there, is that the wider crop gives you the feeling of the "dance floor" that they operate on. With just the bird I'd be OK with the closer crop, as I did with the other shot. But I can see why you'd see it differently.
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In no way, is there a right or wrong about cropping. I'll just explain why I thought I'd like it cropped.

As much as I tried to focus my attention to the bird and the bee in your version, my eyes were constantly going to the red flower in the top right corner. I don't know if it's the space and the color contrast between the green and the red, but I can't stick to the bird. But that's just me, and it's your shot and I fully respect your taste and opinion.
 
BackdoorArts

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Marcel said:
In no way, is there a right or wrong about cropping. I'll just explain why I thought I'd like it cropped.

As much as I tried to focus my attention to the bird and the bee in your version, my eyes were constantly going to the red flower in the top right corner. I don't know if it's the space and the color contrast between the green and the red, but I can't stick to the bird. But that's just me, and it's your shot and I fully respect your taste and opinion.
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And I get that, Marcel. And please don't think that I'm taking issue with your opinion. It's one of those shots that I'm not thrilled with but like well enough to share, but it's a weird crop for me no matter how I do it. Even with your crop my eye wants to go to the flower and not the bird because of the color - which I tried like the devil to tame. Tried as I might I couldn't get the bird and wasp to pop while keeping the noise to a minimum.
 
BackdoorArts

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Thrift shop still life.

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Had a lot of fun with this one. Started out as something very different, shot in a cramped space. Lots of perspective and lighting corrections. Here's the untouched RAW.

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