I would crop some. I tried both just before the crack and after it. I liked eliminating the crack completely as it reduces the weight of the abutment and makes the image balance out better.
Hi Michael. I really like the crack! The big black area is like a magnet to my eye. It is negative space, but converting it to black has made it very very heavy. I cropped the image in half, featuring the crack, tower and palm tree. This work better for me.
I think the crack makes the image as well as the front focused tower. I like it this way with the background still pretty much in focus. The black space doesn't bother me a lot for whatever reason. Interesting seeing this in IR as I drive by it every so often when I'm down there.
Hi Michael,
I've looked at every crop suggestion........and all work with varying degrees of success but none badly........Dan' made a very strong vert comp..........but I like the people on the right......Robert's after the crack crop........definitely gave the strongest overall presentation.......some off the right..emphasises the trees......but we again lose the people...settled on a hair behind the M in your signature ( to keep the crack) and 1/2 of the black of the sky between the turret! Nice placement on everything else in the image! Can you believe 4 different crop suggestions!
Last edited by Roman Kurywczak; 05-14-2008 at 06:47 AM.