sunrise cropping poll

dbaker1221

I took this on the way to work the other day. I thought I'd take a poll on cropping it. or not.
original shot

crop1

crop 2

crop 3

dbaker1221

crop 2

I meant to post this in landscape forum but I wasn't paying very close attention to where I was:bash

Andyman

crop 2

I like crop #2.

Dixie

original

I go for the original.

Nikolai

original

I went for original

dbaker1221 wrote:

I took this on the way to work the other day. I thought I'd take a poll on cropping it. or not.

It creates a sense of whole for me...

saurora

original

I like the original. It seems better balanced and the shadow areas help to play up the highlighted foggy areas.

Gouri

dbaker1221 wrote:

I took this on the way to work the other day. I thought I'd take a poll on cropping it. or not.

How about a vertical image?
~1.5-2.0 inches cropped from the left (tree) and ~0.5 inch from the right.

Fred W

original

I'd definately go with the original.

Joan

original

I like the original very much. I like the feeling of depth to the photo, looking across the field, and like the silhouetted grasses in the foreground. The grasses seem to balance the tree, too. Very pretty.

~ Joan

dbaker1221

crop 2

thanks everbody.

kgarrett11

No question. The original.

Forehead

original

I usually don't critique pictures but, since youu asked: sometimes you get it right the very first time--the original was one of those times

John Desjarlais

original

The original definitely gives the feel of the place, the sense of what it was like to be there. The crops are very nice but just seem like nice sunrise shots.