White-fronted Bee-eater : Full frame ,uncropped

[Arno Ellmer]

Here is the jpg image with original ,uncropped frame of the image posted on 7 Sept.
Mike ,Randy and Daniel were interested to see this original and to assess cropping alternatives.
Image unprocessed.
All comments and suggestions always welcome

[Doug Brown]

For everyone's benefit, here's the crop from the earlier thread.78036

[Doug Brown]

Here's my take on the crop.

[Mike Milicia]

My preferred comp/crop for something like this is complicated by the degree to which the bird is centered in the original. My preferred "crop" would require adding canvas on the right if that's something you would consider.
Here's my quick and dirty attempt at adding canvas and cropping.
If you'd rather not add canvas, both Peter and Doug have provided nice alternatives.

[Robert Amoruso]

Unique bird and perch combine with a great BG. I would go with Peter's post. I prefer the horizontal crop best and like his softer color palette and sharpening.

[Bill Jobes]

This is a delightful image, Arno.

Here's the way I would crop the photo.

[Randy Stout]

Arno:

I copied the image and played with the crop, and ended up very similar to Doug's, with perhaps a tiny bit less on the right. I think it helps to show the entire plant arch.

Thanks so much for posting it, very instructional about some of the options and different visions!

Cheers

Randy

[Nico Steenberg]

Great natural colours and bg. Like the perch. IMG is sharp and well exposed with good natural colours. Mike's crop is a killer

[Arno Ellmer]

Thank you all for the very useful and educational comments !
All have positively contributed to improving my cropping skills and in demonstrating what a difference a good and correct crop can make !