Pets How would you crop this guy?

kaiserz · 05-31-2012, 07:30 PM

How would you crop this guy? or would you even crop it? some input would be much appreciated Thanks.
And any other critique would be awesome (:

SpecialK · 05-31-2012, 07:46 PM

I'd crop the top and bottom and make it a landscape orientation.

RioRico · 05-31-2012, 08:55 PM

I'd crop it square for best fit. If I were printing to hang, it would either be square, or at least 4:5 (for an 8x10 frame) with the top lost. IMHO except with very vertical subjects, 4:5 is the best aspect for portrait orientation.

kaiserz · 05-31-2012, 09:24 PM

Square! Why didn't I think of that! (: thank you sir. I'll go with the square. like a medium format.

Jessesdad · 06-01-2012, 12:06 AM

Like this?

RioRico · 06-01-2012, 01:39 AM

Originally posted by Jessesdad

Like this?

Hairs are quivering. Goosebumps are rising. I am being considered as a meal. That's a beauty! A 30cm / 12in print in a 50cm / 20in matted frame hung at eye-level in your entry hall will result in a wet floor as unawares visitors piss themselves.

amoringello · 06-01-2012, 04:09 AM

Just like JessesDad but even closer so just the first loop of the body is barely outside the frame on each side.
I would want that creepy "snake in your face" look.

Mainly the bright area in the right detracts from the snake's head and eyes, which are what you really want the person to look at (or shriek away from -- depending how they feel about snakes) :-) So crop that out of the frame, or at least darken it down in post to not be forced into being the main point of focus.

cupic · 06-01-2012, 05:15 AM

A Thin pano version

cheers

kaiserz · 06-01-2012, 06:23 AM

Thanks guys (: I learned a lot.

@SpecialK Thank you sir, I'll try that on my other shot of this guy in landscape orientation.

@Jessesdad very nice.

@RioRico hahah that made me laugh XD

@amoringello I'll try to mess with it on post, one with the tighter crop and one with darker.

@cupic I have another picture of this guy on a landscape orientation that I would love to try that to (: thanks.

8540tomg · 06-01-2012, 08:16 PM

I think it is fine as it is although I think it needs a little more depth of field.

Tom G

Jessesdad · 06-01-2012, 10:51 PM

Closer...come closer...

EJMzagsfan · 06-04-2012, 01:11 AM

I like the last crop the best. I seem to notice the like colors more. Also, the contrast between whats in focus and not is more attractive.

JFN · 06-04-2012, 01:40 AM

I'd probably go something like this in postprocessing.

magkelly · 06-04-2012, 02:10 AM

Ditto on that last one. I agree. That's how I would have done that. In fact I did before I got to the last post. See? Teach me not to read all the replies, laugh. :P

bezuidar · 06-04-2012, 06:18 AM

Like the last crop. Maybe the main focus point (head/eyes/mouth)) could have been a tint sharper. Otherwise cool pic!

05-31-2012, 07:30 PM	#1
kaiserz Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: NoVa The "burg" Photos: Gallery Posts: 899	How would you crop this guy? How would you crop this guy? or would you even crop it? some input would be much appreciated Thanks. And any other critique would be awesome (:

06-01-2012, 12:06 AM	#5
Jessesdad Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Blackwood Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 359	Like this? Attached Images

06-01-2012, 01:39 AM	#6
RioRico Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Limbo, California Posts: 11,263	Originally posted by Jessesdad Like this? Hairs are quivering. Goosebumps are rising. I am being considered as a meal. That's a beauty! A 30cm / 12in print in a 50cm / 20in matted frame hung at eye-level in your entry hall will result in a wet floor as unawares visitors piss themselves. Last edited by RioRico; 06-01-2012 at 10:40 AM.

06-01-2012, 10:51 PM	#11
Jessesdad Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Blackwood Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 359	Closer...come closer... Attached Images

06-04-2012, 01:40 AM	#13
JFN Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Golfe du Lion Photos: Gallery Posts: 362	I'd probably go something like this in postprocessing. Last edited by JFN; 03-20-2014 at 03:29 AM.

05-31-2012, 07:46 PM	#2
SpecialK Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: So California Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,481	I'd crop the top and bottom and make it a landscape orientation.

05-31-2012, 08:55 PM	#3
RioRico Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Limbo, California Posts: 11,263	I'd crop it square for best fit. If I were printing to hang, it would either be square, or at least 4:5 (for an 8x10 frame) with the top lost. IMHO except with very vertical subjects, 4:5 is the best aspect for portrait orientation.

05-31-2012, 09:24 PM	#4
kaiserz Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: NoVa The "burg" Photos: Gallery Posts: 899 Original Poster	Square! Why didn't I think of that! (: thank you sir. I'll go with the square. like a medium format.

06-01-2012, 04:09 AM	#7
amoringello Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Virginia, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,562	Just like JessesDad but even closer so just the first loop of the body is barely outside the frame on each side. I would want that creepy "snake in your face" look. Mainly the bright area in the right detracts from the snake's head and eyes, which are what you really want the person to look at (or shriek away from -- depending how they feel about snakes) :-) So crop that out of the frame, or at least darken it down in post to not be forced into being the main point of focus.

06-01-2012, 05:15 AM	#8
cupic Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia-NSW Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,824	A Thin pano version cheers

06-01-2012, 06:23 AM	#9
kaiserz Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: NoVa The "burg" Photos: Gallery Posts: 899 Original Poster	Thanks guys (: I learned a lot. @SpecialK Thank you sir, I'll try that on my other shot of this guy in landscape orientation. @Jessesdad very nice. @RioRico hahah that made me laugh XD @amoringello I'll try to mess with it on post, one with the tighter crop and one with darker. @cupic I have another picture of this guy on a landscape orientation that I would love to try that to (: thanks.

06-01-2012, 08:16 PM	#10
8540tomg Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Waterloo, Ontario Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,461	I think it is fine as it is although I think it needs a little more depth of field. Tom G

06-04-2012, 01:11 AM	#12
EJMzagsfan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Idaho Photos: Albums Posts: 241	I like the last crop the best. I seem to notice the like colors more. Also, the contrast between whats in focus and not is more attractive.

06-04-2012, 02:10 AM	#14
magkelly Veteran Member Join Date: May 2010 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,901	Ditto on that last one. I agree. That's how I would have done that. In fact I did before I got to the last post. See? Teach me not to read all the replies, laugh. :P

06-04-2012, 06:18 AM	#15
bezuidar Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Centurion, South Africa Photos: Gallery Posts: 380	Like the last crop. Maybe the main focus point (head/eyes/mouth)) could have been a tint sharper. Otherwise cool pic!

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