Three in color

TonyCooper

In each of these three, there's an important element that I
think becomes lost if the image is converted to black and white.

The pink gloves and pink heavy bag in this one:



The mouthpiece becomes a gray or black blob in this one:



The red becomes too black, the tape becomes undistinguishable,
and the man's face loses detail:



And, yes, I like tight crops.

lensmole

The second one captures my attention the most, out of the three presented.

TonyCooper

There have been some comments about cropping and not presenting the entire
out-of-camera image. This is the out-of-camera image for the girl in one of the
photos above.

It's my feeling that the stuff that was cropped out detracts from the image,
and that the cropped image - despite the odd ratio - leads the viewer to the
scene I wanted to show.

I was shooting in portrait mode and couldn't step in to frame just the subject
because I would have been in the way of other boxers.

Some extraneous backgrounds (like Michswiss's) are interesting, but I don't
think the extra scenery in mine were interesting enough to keep.

RSL

No need to explain, Tony. All three are fine shots. I'm one of those "don't crop" guys, but I also know that sometimes you can't avoid it.

torags

Coming here with a motorsports orientation; I'm a cropper.

How else can a photog express his bias?

Nice shots Tony (and color was the way to go... IMO)

rainbow

I like the third best with all the sweat while he is focused on the hand wrapping.

I am a cropper since I try to shoot with a wide angle and get close to my main subject -- leaves a lot of extra stuff oftentimes.

Juano

2 is very good. His expression is extraordinary.