Exercise 14

Project - Cropping and extending

Exercise - Cropping

The aim of this exercise is to take 3 previously taken photographs and crop them in order to create a different image from the original.

I actually found it reasonably hard to find 3 suitable images for this from what I have taken up to this point as most of the images I've taken have been very simple and the subject has been in a very singular position where it wouldn't work if cropped.

Crop 1

I decided to crop off all the sky which ran down the right of the frame. In turn this elongates the shot and stresses the compression of the straight lines of the buildings.

and here's the original

Crop 2

Here is closed right in on the person running. Clearly this adds focus to the subject.

and here's the original

Crop 3

In this shot I closed in on the gate - removing the excessive ground before and the sky above. I also went for a straight square crop. This makes the shot a very simple, graphical composition which I quite like.

and here's the original