Spring in the Mississippi Floodplain

[Ysarex]

From my recent road trip -- a typical floodplain landscape with Spring flowers. Cropped or uncropped?

Joe

 

[BrentC]

Cropped, otherwise too much of a distraction.

 

[Gary A.]

Uncropped, the first image is best. The version appears much more lush with a solid brushing of the yellow Spring flowers. There are no distraction that I can see to warrant any cropping.

 

[BrentC]

Uncropped. The full version is appears much more lush with a solid brushing of the yellow Spring flowers. There are no distraction that I can see to warrant any cropping.

Interesting, my eyes seems to focus more to the bare patch at the bottom of the uncropped photo.

 

[Derrel]

Uncropped for me. I agree, in the cropped shot, the bare patch is a little bit too much a point of visual pull.

 

[Gary A.]

Uncropped. The full version is appears much more lush with a solid brushing of the yellow Spring flowers. There are no distraction that I can see to warrant any cropping.

Interesting, my eyes seems to focus more to the bare patch at the bottom of the uncropped photo.

Oops, my mistake, yes the bare patch of the uncropped is distracting. I mistakenly identified the cropped as the uncropped. Yes, the cropped version is much better and the wider look gives a sense of a vista going on forever.

 

[BrentC]

Uncropped for me. I agree, in the cropped shot, the bare patch is a little bit too much a point of visual pull.

Am I missing something here? The cropped photo is the top photo without the bare patch and the uncropped with the bare patch.

 

[BrentC]

Uncropped. The full version is appears much more lush with a solid brushing of the yellow Spring flowers. There are no distraction that I can see to warrant any cropping.

Interesting, my eyes seems to focus more to the bare patch at the bottom of the uncropped photo.

Oops, my mistake, yes the bare patch of the uncropped is distracting. I mistakenly identified the cropped as the uncropped. Yes, the cropped version is much better and the wider look gives a sense of a vista going on forever.

Ok , between you and Derrel getting cropped and uncropped mixed up I thought there was something wrong with me.

 

[Ysarex]

Thanks all, yep it's that bare patch that's causing me trouble too.

How about a compromise and while I was at it I decided to warm up the flowers a little?

Joe

 

[Derrel]

I like the photo without the washed-out patch! Wash-outs occur in many river delta areas, where high winter ort spring-time water washes out or drowns out seedling plants or wheat,etc.

 

[Gary A.]

I still like the W-I-D-E feel of the cropped.

 

[Derrel]

I still like the W-I-D-E feel of the cropped.

Agreed! I like the wiiiiide aspect shot the most.

 

[Ysarex]

Got it -- I'll go with cropped and wide then.

Joe

 

[limr]

I'll avoid the terminology altogether and say that I prefer the very first picture in the very first post

 

[Ysarex]

I'll avoid the terminology altogether and say that I prefer the very first picture in the very first post

Thanks, that's 4 for 4 then.

Joe