Cropping opinions

Celtic Snapper

Hi All,
I'd be grateful for your opinion on what to crop on the below image. The original is a high res multi layered pano, so it will take some aggressive cropping (below is very low res jpeg) I've got a few different versions, just interested what others think.

Cheers,
Carl

WernerG

For me it doesn't need much cropping, if any. The darker haze in the lower right lead to the brighter fog on the left . The haze is closed by the darker high country on either side. At most you could come in the right a bit but for me it's a great scene as is. Well done.

Tango

I'd hate to crop this but if you must I'd lose more sky than any of that valley imho.

roaddog52

Can't imagine cropping. my first thought, is that this composition works really well.

phil

dbd

My quick cut for a 'lighter' view that keeps some depth but not the dark:


Dale B. Dalrymple

Richard

My first thought was, why crop? It's really nice as is. Looking a second time, I noticed what I think may be a wall or fence in the lower center-left, just below your watermark. Well, you know how it is, once you notice a nit you can't stop looking right at it. So how about something like this?

denisegoldberg

I like Richard's crop but my preference is for the full (original) image.

--- Denise

Stumblebum

I too vote for original. It is a brilliant shot. I *hate* the watermark.

Also the right third is clear much darker and there is clear demarcation line between bright and dark.....I would try to lift darks a tad....cheers!

Celtic Snapper

Thanks for your comments and opinions peeps, much obliged.

puzzledpaul

@Richard said:

Well, you know how it is, once you notice a nit you can't stop looking right at it. So how about something like this?

Yep .. definitely an 'eye pull'

pp

Celtic Snapper

Same shot taken at sunset - but not much fog at this stage.

https://photos.smugmug.com/New-Images-Recent-Work/Recent-Work/i-WXCLRh9/0/X2/DSC_6303-X2.jpg