P46 Exercise cropping

For this first pair of images, I looked to isolate the essential aspects of the shot, in this case the detail of the metalwork and the grain of the wood. I believe it is still clear what the subject is despite the crop, and has resulted in a stronger image.

The only change I would make would be to place the rivet slightly to the right, closer to the principal of the Golden Section.

Similarly here, the essential aspect of the image is the church, sheep, trees and the grassland. By cropping more tightly, these aspects are emphasised. Next time, I might consider giving a little more space to the bare branches on the right - the small amount included perhaps gives some balance to the top right of the image, but is insufficient to appreciate the complexity of the structure.

For the tulips, again I focussed in on the two stems. I lost the diagonal line formed with the third head, but replaced this with a tighter crop onto the group of two. Cropping also make the background more abstract by cropping on a blurred area, emphasising the three dimensional effect of the heads.

For the image of the church, I cropped tightly to create a new image, noting the twist of the clouds around the spire and placing the cross at the golden triangle. This has a secondary implication, linking the church and what it represents to god up on high, looking down on the earth. Its no longer a 'postcard' image and by tightly cropping on one specific aspect of the shot, the image starts to have meaning.