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| Posted: Sat Dec 30th, 2023 15:10 |
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Eric
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Ok your first 2024 assignment… How would you crop this image to portray the activity to best advantage? [No prizes will be awarded. Your reward will be the warm glow that you improved a photo]   Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 30th, 2023 15:45 |
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chrisbet
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I would come in close to the guy pouring and the crucible and warm up the colour a little - everything else is irrelevant -  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 31st, 2023 09:42 |
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Eric
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That’s too tight a crop for me. For environmental portraits I want to show more of the paraphernalia that the person works with. I think loosing the windows and tools reduces some of the distraction but leaving some of the empty moulds waiting to be cast adds more dimension to the story. What do you think?  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 31st, 2023 09:54 |
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Eric
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I suppose ‘loosing’ some of the illuminated items on the bench behind and turning the image into a portrait reduces some of the distraction whilst keeping the relationship between the people and their working environment. Click here to comment on this image. But I still feel even this tighter cropping slightly diminishes the size of their daily task. What do we think?
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| Posted: Sun Dec 31st, 2023 10:06 |
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Graham Whistler
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The wider crop is better at showing more. Smelting Gold Mazoe Mine Rhodesia about 1968. Nice if a bit more of this came all of our ways for 2024!!!  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 31st, 2023 12:07 |
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Eric
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That looks impressive, Graham. Bet it was hot getting that close with camera……and a lot of spilt gold there? Not quite as dramatic but added some colour to my crop…albeit a bit unrealistic.   Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 31st, 2023 12:21 |
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chrisbet
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The guy pouring the molten metal is focussed on only one thing - getting that stuff into that hole! That is why I cropped in tight, to tell the story of his "here and now", the concentration on his face and the dangerous material he is working with, I don't think an array of empty moulds is anywhere near as uppermost in his mind.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 31st, 2023 12:32 |
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Eric
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chrisbet wrote:The guy pouring the molten metal is focussed on only one thing - getting that stuff into that hole! That is why I cropped in tight, to tell the story of his "here and now", the concentration on his face and the dangerous material he is working with, I don't think an array of empty moulds is anywhere near as uppermost in his mind. You raise an interesting scenario. And I guess that’s why we have to ask ourselves what we are trying to ‘say’ with our image. You could crop it wider to show both men and call it Teamwork.  Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 31st, 2023 12:40 |
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Eric
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For some reason the original image has been overwritten with a cropped version. Ok it’s corrected itself. Or leave it full image and emphasise the magnitude of the task …a Long Days Work ahead
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| Posted: Sun Dec 31st, 2023 12:47 |
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Eric
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Anyone else want to join in with an image to crop? I suppose Graham your image could be cropped to add more importance to the GOLD…  Click here to comment on this image.
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