Which Crop is Better?

Toast95135 · Feb 12, 2007

or

I like the first one because it seems to have more life to it, but the house is a tad distracting. What do you think?

Alex_B · Feb 12, 2007

hmm, that is a hard one ... but I think the crop seems more balanced in the second one ... don't like the text to be cropped away then ...

memorex88 · Feb 12, 2007

[FONT=&quot]I like the second pic better due to the fact that my eyes keep getting drawn towards the building on the left in the first pic.[/FONT]

craig · Feb 12, 2007

Try one with the sign totally cropped out. For me the whole sign should be in the frame or not at all.

Toast95135 · Feb 13, 2007

craig said:
Try one with the sign totally cropped out. For me the whole sign should be in the frame or not at all.

Is this better? Its another shot, which I still had stored on the memory card. It was much wider, so I had to crop it quite a bit; compared the the first one where it was only cropped a little. The color is really off compared to the TIFF on my computer but this was just a quick webedit.

bla · Feb 13, 2007

#2 is the better one. There really doesn't seem to be a point to putting that much red sign in #1. The red attracts the eye enough as it is, no need to put more emphasis on it by giving it as much area as the background.

EDIT: Ooop, didn't see the new post, yeah that's way better.

LaFoto · Feb 13, 2007

Well, but I think this last (third) one finally nails it!
Yes!

pickypics · Feb 13, 2007

I agree, the 3rd one is the best.... by the way... I didnt even see the house in the 1st one till you mentioned it

memorex88 · Feb 13, 2007

You got it. This is the best yet.

DSLR noob · Feb 13, 2007

Yes! (or the 1st minus the house)

Icon72 · Feb 13, 2007

The 3rd is the best of the group due to the top of the sign being visible rather than cut off.

craig · Feb 14, 2007

Toast95135 said:
Is this better? Its another shot, which I still had stored on the memory card. It was much wider, so I had to crop it quite a bit; compared the the first one where it was only cropped a little. The color is really off compared to the TIFF on my computer but this was just a quick webedit.

I like the third version much better.