how would you crop this?

StevenVStevenV Registered Users Posts: 1,174 Major grins
edited May 3, 2006 in Sports
The subject says it... how would you crop this?

This isn't the greatest photo in the world, but I'm more interested in people's opinion on framing/cropping here.

The target audience is the baserunner, his team and his familiy. Would you keep the 1st baseman at all? the partial 1st base coach?


http://miltonsports.smugmug.com/photos/67467187-L.jpg

67467187-L.jpg
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  • mercphotomercphoto Registered Users Posts: 4,550 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2006
    The coach is distracting, so he has to go. You want empty room to the left, because that is where the runner is trying to go. I would probably crop off the right and some of the bottom. The goal would be to have the first baseman's glove (but not his body, foot, etc.). I'm afraid if you crop just to remove the coach that having half a first baseman would look a bit odd.
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  • KMCCKMCC Registered Users Posts: 717 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2006
    Something like this:

    67468121-L.jpg

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  • OnreyOnrey Registered Users Posts: 188 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2006
    Sorry, Dont like that crop, I have to agree with Bill, remove the coach, crop to the left and leave part of the glove in, my .02
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  • Frog LadyFrog Lady Registered Users Posts: 1,091 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2006
    personally, I would do what Kent did, but leave more space on the left for the runner to move into. I think having the baseman's glove just hangin' out there would be weird, and you want to have some part of him there b/c it gives perspective on where the runner is coming from.

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  • mercphotomercphoto Registered Users Posts: 4,550 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2006
    Frog Lady wrote:
    personally, I would do what Kent did, but leave more space on the left for the runner to move into. I think having the baseman's glove just hangin' out there would be weird, and you want to have some part of him there b/c it gives perspective on where the runner is coming from.

    C.
    Yes. Having half the first baseman looked better than I thought it would. However, you absolutely must have empty space on the left for the runner to move into.
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  • KMCCKMCC Registered Users Posts: 717 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2006
    mercphoto wrote:
    Yes. Having half the first baseman looked better than I thought it would. However, you absolutely must have empty space on the left for the runner to move into.
    I couldn't agree more. I was too hasty in my first effort and forgot to leave a space for the action to move in to.

    Steve, I hope you don't mind my playing around with your photograph.

    Here's a revision:

    67495904-L.jpg

    Kent
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  • KMCCKMCC Registered Users Posts: 717 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2006
    mercphoto wrote:
    Yes. Having half the first baseman looked better than I thought it would. However, you absolutely must have empty space on the left for the runner to move into.
    I couldn't agree more. I was too hasty in my first effort and forgot to leave a space for the action to move in to.

    Steve, I hope you don't mind my playing around with your photograph.

    Here's a revision:

    67495904-L.jpg

    Kent
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  • KMCCKMCC Registered Users Posts: 717 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2006
    mercphoto wrote:
    Yes. Having half the first baseman looked better than I thought it would. However, you absolutely must have empty space on the left for the runner to move into.
    I couldn't agree more. I was too hasty in my first effort and forgot to leave a space for the action to move in to.

    Steve, I hope you don't mind my playing around with your photograph.

    Here's a revision:

    67495904-L.jpg

    Kent
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  • StevenVStevenV Registered Users Posts: 1,174 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2006
    KMCC wrote:
    Steve, I hope you don't mind my playing around with your photograph.

    Not at all.

    Not at all.

    Not at all.

    :D

    that's what I put it here for.


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  • KMCCKMCC Registered Users Posts: 717 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2006
    mercphoto wrote:
    Yes. Having half the first baseman looked better than I thought it would. However, you absolutely must have empty space on the left for the runner to move into.
    I couldn't agree more. I was too hasty in my first effort and forgot to leave a space for the action to move in to.

    Steve, I hope you don't mind my playing around with your photograph.

    Here's a revision:

    67495904-L.jpg

    Kent
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  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2006
    Is this any good ?
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  • KMCCKMCC Registered Users Posts: 717 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2006
    mercphoto wrote:
    Yes. Having half the first baseman looked better than I thought it would. However, you absolutely must have empty space on the left for the runner to move into.
    I couldn't agree more. I was too hasty in my first effort and forgot to leave a space for the action to move in to.

    Steve, I hope you don't mind my playing around with your photograph.

    Here's a revision:

    67495904-L.jpg

    Kent
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  • KMCCKMCC Registered Users Posts: 717 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2006
    How did that happen? headscratch.gif

    I believe that my computer must have stuttered.

    My apologies to the group.

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  • Antonio CorreiaAntonio Correia Registered Users Posts: 6,241 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2006
    No, You don't like it.
    Sorry ... eek7.gif
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  • SDJamesSDJames Registered Users Posts: 91 Big grins
    edited May 3, 2006
    Antonio Correia wrote:
    Is this any good ?

    I like the context of the first baseman in the shot. Might help with a shallower DOF as well.
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