[Leica] Cloisters/Alternate Crops

[Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

Richard:

For what it may be worth, I still like the first the most. The closer 
cropping makes it more interesting to me.

In the third shot, I find the subject too centered and the other 
elements are in too much of a tilt.

Jim

Richard S. Taylor wrote:
> Spent more time looking at one of the shots I posted earlier this week 
> and decided on two alternate crops that work better for me. Here's the 
> original:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/06_02_0177_web
> 
> In this alternate I cropped the original negative more loosely and feel 
> it gives a stronger impression of the environment the gal is enjoying.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/06_02_0177_alt_crop1_web
> 
> And, from a different negative, a vertical crop that focuses attention 
> more on the woman than her environment.  I like the slight upward tilt 
> on the subject's face here, too.  That's missing from the other shot.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/06_01_0176_alt_crop2a_web
> 
> To me either alternative works better than the first crop though they 
> have different emphasizes.
> 
> Comments welcome as always.