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<blockquote data-quote="Jamesan" data-source="post: 359771" data-attributes="member: 31838">Way Differently...lolIn this photo, how does having the girl being off-centered make it more interesting or leading? Every good picture tells a story, and the original one tells a whale of a story. Why over-use your &quot;artistic license&quot; when it isn't necessary.&nbsp; Now it looks like just another picture of the sea while on a family vacation. Cropping in this case made it less interesting. It loses the light centering on the girl. It loses the land that might or might not be her home. Even the clouds became less interesting. It took away from the vastness that the cropper insinuated was important. In the cropped version, there is now actually less focus on the girl. Everything you wondered about the girl after the crop, you could wonder about before the crop. The cropper said the picture was &quot;without focus&quot;. That is insane. Photos are also about capturing a moment. You were there, and you were able to see the whole story. That is why you didn't want to leave any of it out.....&nbsp; The cropper makes the photo tell a story, basically Cliff's Notes. Your version is the entire novel.I could keep going, but my wife says I had better stop before I get the whole forum hating me...lol.&nbsp;&nbsp; Just disagreeing with you Wev, like you said people would......Now, If I may be so bold as to return the photo to it's proper state:[ATTACH]113737[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jamesan, post: 359771, member: 31838"] [B][I]Way Differently...lol[/I][/B] In this photo, how does having the girl being off-centered make it more interesting or leading? Every good picture tells a story, and the original one tells a whale of a story. Why [U]over-use [/U]your "artistic license" when it isn't necessary. Now it looks like just another picture of the sea while on a family vacation. Cropping in this case made it less interesting. It loses the light centering on the girl. It loses the land that might or might not be her home. Even the clouds became less interesting. It took away from the vastness that the cropper insinuated was important. In the cropped version, there is now actually[I] less[/I] focus on the girl. Everything you wondered about the girl after the crop, you could wonder about before the crop. The cropper said the picture was "without focus". That is insane. Photos are also about capturing a moment. You were there, and you were able to see the whole story. That is why you didn't want to leave any of it out..... The cropper makes the photo tell a story, basically Cliff's Notes. Your version is the entire novel. I could keep going, but my wife says I had better stop before I get the whole forum hating me...lol. Just disagreeing with you Wev, like you said people would...... Now, If I may be so bold as to return the photo to it's proper state: [ATTACH=CONFIG]113737[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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