Old Royal Naval College

[evacguy]

View of the Old Royal Naval College Greenwich, campus of the University of Greenwich, with Canary Wharf in the background.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 100

 

[evacguy]

Taken on the same day as the image above, but first thing in the morning when the morning mist was beginning to lift.
Six different crops of the same photograph, any preferences for which is best? I think options 4, 5 and 6 are better than options 1, 2 and 3 as the crop removes the front of the building on the right of the frame, which was a bit of a distraction.

Option 1 is virtually the full image, just a very slight crop to clean up the edges

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/50 sec
• ISO 100

Option 2 is a slight crop to remove some of the bottom and top foreground.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/50 sec
• ISO 100

Option 3 is a tighter crop, removing more of the top foreground, focusing attention on the cloister and the dome between the columns.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/50 sec
• ISO 100

Option 4, this is a tighter crop of Option 1

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/50 sec
• ISO 100

Option 5, this is a tighter crop of Option 2.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/50 sec
• ISO 100

Option 6, this is a tigher crop of option 3.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/50 sec
• ISO 100

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

I guess option 6 looks best to me

 

[evacguy]

I guess option 6 looks best to me

Thanks Chris. I agree, I think the last three options are better than the first three. I also like Option 6, but I'm also drawn to Option 5 due to the lamp being included - I really like those lamps. But I'm not sure if the lamp is distracting?

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Thanks Chris. I agree, I think the last three options are better than the first three. I also like Option 6, but I'm also drawn to Option 5 due to the lamp being included - I really like those lamps. But I'm not sure if the lamp is distracting?

I have a friend who has critiqued my photos in the past and he asked me "what's your subject?". Its a leading question because it should be very obvious, and so I pause, look at my subject and the scene, and then it's easier to say what is or isn't a distraction.

If the building in the back is where you want the viewer's eye to be drawn to, then the lamp (with its gilded accents and proximity to the viewer/foreground) is indeed a distraction.

 

[evacguy]

I have a friend who has critiqued my photos in the past and he asked me "what's your subject?". Its a leading question because it should be very obvious, and so I pause, look at my subject and the scene, and then it's easier to say what is or isn't a distraction.

If the building in the back is where you want the viewer's eye to be drawn to, then the lamp (with its gilded accents and proximity to the viewer/foreground) is indeed a distraction.

Yes, that is a tough question, for me there are many interest points in the photograph. The line of columns and the lines of the ceiling and the lines in the paving stones draw your eye into the image to focus on the lamp at the far end of the cloister with the background shrouded in mist so that the black lamp stands out. However, as your eye is drawn down the line of pillars, the dome of the Queen Mary is there, peeping between the pillars grabing your attention. Then there is the big black lamp with golden baubles right at the start of the line of columns saying look at me! So, I'm not sure if this is a case of more is more or more is less?