How would you crop this?

[tygr1]

??

 

[Compaq]

Like this - to get rid of every one else that doesn't matter, imo.

edit: and I'd do a black and white conversion as well :thumbsup:

 

[sinthetiq]

i'd isolate the one helmet.. get rid of all the shadows and people

 

[Eclivic]

i'd isolate the one helmet.. get rid of all the shadows and people

Agree, and I would add and aged effect to the crop.

 

[pixilstudio]

im not sure i get whats going on to focus on

 

[rpm]

im not sure i get whats going on to focus on

agreed...

 

[robertandrewphoto]

One of my favorite quotes from one of my photography teachers:

"Crops are for farmers."

Frame it how you want the final product to look like, you'll get higher quality and get better at shooting

 

[Forkie]

If it wasn't dead centre, there'd be more space to play with. I think Compaq's crop was OK, but there's still a random leg in the shot and keeping more of the the top will give you even more random legs.

I've had a go. The only way to get a decent crop was to clone out all the legs and shadows. This was very quick and dirty, so you'd need to take some more time over it than I did - I lost a bit of the perspective on the pavement to the middle and top left hand side of the image, but I think it works better than having random limbs all over the place.



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[Compaq]

I thought that leg told a good story with the bags and the flag

There are two fire fighters there, with a flag. To me it tells a story.... or rather, it makes me think about the story. And I think black and white is better in these shots.

I'm not fond of this conversion, though. Lacks contrast, I think.

 

[illuminatingenigma]

I would do one how you first suggested, and one how forkie cropped it.

 

[KmH]

Twice now I've tried various crops, and in all honesty think the photo should be left as is, or sent to the recycle bin.