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Poll: Turks and Caicos Explorer: Nurse Shark Cropping
ktuli — Mon, 11/05/2012 - 19:18
I absolutely love this photo - and the best part about it... it works in so many different ways.
Check out the different crops below and then vote on which one you like best.
2x3 Horizontal Original |
2x3 Vertical Crop |
4x5 Vertical Crop |
Technical Data: Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II at 18mm. 1/120 sec at f/22. ISO 320. Ikelite Housing and Port with dual Ikelite 161 Strobes in eTTL mode. Raw conversion and cropped in Adobe Camera Raw.
In the original framing, I love how you can see one of our dive friends - Jim - in the background also taking photos of the sharks. In particular, I love how wide Jim's eyes look through his mask. With the 2x3 vertical crop, I felt that since the shark's face is so close to the front of the frame, I would crop in tight and let it almost fill the frame - the one downside to that is that its pectoral fin gets cropped out in the process. Which is why I changed ratios and went with the 4x5 crop.
In the end, I really love every version of this photo... Vote below and let me know which one you like best.
- Bill