Need help with landscape.

cmr164

I broke dow and used the clone tool to lose the wires running through the sky and trees but I am not happy with the dropping.

The 8.2mp image is at: http://www.iisc.com/dgrin/IH9T5899_orig.jpg

And my 2 tries at cropping are:



and

lynnma

cmr164 wrote:

I broke dow and used the clone tool to lose the wires running through the sky and trees but I am not happy with the dropping.

The 8.2mp image is at: http://www.iisc.com/dgrin/IH9T5899_orig.jpg

And my 2 tries at cropping are:

and

I prefer the second crop but would maybe have left a little more foreground, rule of thirds? ish? also I'm noticing a lot of dust spots on your sensor in the blue sky.

ian408

I'd take a little off the top and just between the two palm trees (just behind the
building) of the second image.

hutchman

I spent a little time with your image and made a few changes.





Whadayathink?

Hutch

pathfinder

hutchman wrote:

I spent a little time with your image and made a few changes.





Whadayathink?

Hutch

I think it works for me - simplifies the image to one primary subject. In the original I found my eye running back and forth between the two buildings trying to figure out which to look at. Good job Hutch!

cmr164

pathfinder wrote:

I think it works for me - simplifies the image to one primary subject. In the original I found my eye running back and forth between the two buildings trying to figure out which to look at. Good job Hutch!

Thanks Hutch. It does give me some thoughts. 'Course as the creator, I have my own preset ideas so I have to mull this over. When I took the picture I was looking at expanses.