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Leaves Part II

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Maggie Terlecki

Moderator
Crystal Rain

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Crystal Rain ©Maggie Terlecki 2014​
 
Chris Calohan

Chris Calohan

Well-known member
Your graphic quality in both the image and the border, pulls the wholeness of the image into a singular view. So very nice and refreshing in the constant of "simplicity."
 
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Paul Abbott

New member
Hey Maggie, this is a stunning image. I do think there is too much leaf on show at the top and I think it would benefit from a 1:1 crop. I know the leaves structure have a certain fascination but maybe you can check it out and see what you think.
Anyway, nice one, Maggie.
 
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Maggie Terlecki

Moderator
Paul Abbott said:
Hey Maggie, this is a stunning image. I do think there is too much leaf on show at the top and I think it would benefit from a 1:1 crop. I know the leaves structure have a certain fascination but maybe you can check it out and see what you think.
Anyway, nice one, Maggie.
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I really liked the amount of leaf as I really liked how elegant they felt. I have cropped to a 1:1 and it works this way too, but I think it focuses mostly on the drops. I guess it depends on what feel you want the final to be. Right now, I'm still happy with the way it is, not cropped at all, as composed in camera but I may change my mind in the future :)
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Crystal rain cropped 1:1 ©Maggie Terlecki 2014
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Maggie Terlecki said:
I really liked the amount of leaf as I really liked how elegant they felt. I have cropped to a 1:1 and it works this way too, but I think it focuses mostly on the drops. I guess it depends on what feel you want the final to be. Right now, I'm still happy with the way it is, not cropped at all, as composed in camera but I may change my mind in the future :)
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Crystal rain cropped 1:1 ©Maggie Terlecki 2014​


Maggie,

Paul knows structure better than I do, but in this case, a lot of elegant thoughts get lost with that crop, otherwise justified.

In particular the cropped version lacks the elegance of a long dress, lithe legs and dropped diamond earrings seen below:



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Crystal Rain ©Maggie Terlecki 2014​


The length gave the original all these attributes and then champagne and an introduction to the prince!

Asher
 
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Maggie Terlecki

Moderator
Asher Kelman said:
Maggie,

Paul knows structure better than I do, but in this case, a lot of elegant thoughts get lost with that crop, otherwise justified.

In particular the cropped version lacks the elegance of a long dress, lithe legs and dropped diamond earrings seen below:


The length gave the original all these attributes and then champagne and an introduction to the prince!

Asher
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I very much compose intuitively, and normally quite confident about that and to me the long one feels right. The 1:1 looks good but when you compare them, I also find you lose too much of what makes it special. It's okay to take a look though, perhaps I would have liked it better and would not have known if I hadn't tried and it didn't hurt. :)
Maggie
 
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Maggie Terlecki

Moderator
James Lemon said:
Beautiful! What will you do with this image...will end up on a calendar or something?

James
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Thank you, James. The border will be deleted and I will print and add to my portfolio. The border is added so where ever I show it, it has this barrier against whatever type of background may be available. I'm glad you like it! :)
Maggie
 
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