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I would go even more. I'd show you what I have but your thing says you don't want people editing your pictures.
The way I did it, I cropped in so there is about 3/4 of his helmet height above his head. I cropped in from the left so you can see the trunk of the tree on the left there and just a LITTLE bit of the lefthand branches. I also, actually, cropped in from the right, which cuts off a bit of his backside, but it works well for the composition and his butt doesn't add much anyway.
I see what you're saying about context, but my OPINION is that you only need a small amount of the subject's surroundings to give us a sense of what we're dealing with. Anything more than a hint is too much and distracts from the real impact of the image. I personally think that this is a bad trend with photographers as of late... wedding shots with GIANT panoramic scenes where you cannot even begin to tell who the bride and groom are because they take up 1/10000th of the image. That kind of thing. (This is not an example like that by any means, but it flirts with that general trend)
The crop I have of this on my screen- IMO- is much more powerful.
The way I did it, I cropped in so there is about 3/4 of his helmet height above his head. I cropped in from the left so you can see the trunk of the tree on the left there and just a LITTLE bit of the lefthand branches. I also, actually, cropped in from the right, which cuts off a bit of his backside, but it works well for the composition and his butt doesn't add much anyway.
I see what you're saying about context, but my OPINION is that you only need a small amount of the subject's surroundings to give us a sense of what we're dealing with. Anything more than a hint is too much and distracts from the real impact of the image. I personally think that this is a bad trend with photographers as of late... wedding shots with GIANT panoramic scenes where you cannot even begin to tell who the bride and groom are because they take up 1/10000th of the image. That kind of thing. (This is not an example like that by any means, but it flirts with that general trend)
The crop I have of this on my screen- IMO- is much more powerful.
Really? Funny.
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