Project 15 - Cropping

In this project I've selected 3 different photos and perform cropping:

Photo 1: Bicycle leaning on a wall


There are some unnecessary details in this photo.
After cropping:


This photo is much more appealing, and the bicycle are in the right position.

Photo 2: A girl in the park


The tip of a finger and the tip of a bag interferer with the harmony of the girl and the flowers.
After cropping:


Photo 3:
Flowers basket on Bicycle


I love this photo but I think that just a little crop can make it even better:

Project 14 - vertical and horizontal frames

This project aim to explore the issue of vertical photo vs. horizontal one. I was asked to photo the same scene twice: horizontally and vertically, and decide which one works better to my opinion. Here are the photos:

Photo 1:
Oxford Castle


In this pair think the vertical photo works better with the length of the tower. moreover, I think that the horizontal one have unnecessary details.

Photo 2:
Wollfson College grounds


In this pair I prefer the horizontal photo. I think the green additional to the photo gives it a feeling of the wide open nature, and a more relaxed atmosphere.

Photo 3:
Relax


I prefer the vertical photo. I think the additional part in the horizontal photo makes it 'simple'.

Photo 4:
A fungi


I think that the composition is much better in the vertical photo which make it to my favorite in this pair.

Photo 5:
Family


Again, I prefer the vertical photo that have all the necessary whitin.

Photo 6:
Profile picture


I needed to take a photo of my husband for business matters. We sent the vertical one as we thought it looks more professional as the subject fills the frame better with little white background.

Photo 7:
Entrance to the Bodilian Library


Here I prefer the horizontal photo. the entrance seems to be more dramatic when the powerful building of the college dominant the background.

Photo 8:
Hungry doves


This is not exactly the same picture because weirdly the doves would not stay still... but I like the horizontal better, as it shows more doves, more 'messiness' and the photo seems more complete.

Photo 9:
Weight in the market


I like the vertical photo better, mainly because of the window in the background.

Photo 10:
A rose


Well, here I like both of the photos...

Photo 11:
A corner flower shop


I like the vertical picture better as it succeed to contain only the shop an the skies in the right composition, for my opinion..

Photo 12:
Clouds


It is quite obvious that I think that the horizontal photo is better. In skies, we're looking for the endless space which much emphasize in the horizontal one.

Photo 13:
A Football


In this pair I like the vertical photo better. I think this photo follows the golden section role and is more pleasant to the eye.

Photo 14:
Washing line


In this pair I think that the horizontal photo is nice, while the vertical one is just not interesting or nice at all.

Photo 15:
House number


Here I like the vertical photo. I think there is a good relation between the number '11' which is mainly vertical lines and the vertical frame.

Photo 16:
Books on shelf


In this pair I like the horizontal photo better, as much more books are in at which make it nicer.

Photo 17:
A flower


Here I like the horizontal photo better. I like there the relation between the flower and the green leaf.

Photo 18:
An old man-make cave


Here I like the vertical photo better, I think it capture the caves better and put the focus on the cave more than on the surrounding. In addition, I don't like the light in the horizontal photo, the right-up corner have to much light in it.

Photo 19:
A cut log


Here too I like the vertical photo better. I think that the capture of the continues log gives the photo depth and makes it more powerful.

Photo 20:
A golden fish


And for the final photos - I like the vertical photo better as it seems better composed and better lightning (also i must admit a little too dark but still better than the horizontal photo)

Project 13 - The goldan section

In this project I had to take picture according to the golden section, which means that the ratio between the small part to the large part of the photo is the same as the the ratio between the large part and the whole.
I think that usually I like to take photos in this method. I often find my self take photos with the subject close to the edge taking about one third of the photo and the background takes the rest.
Here are the photos:

Photo 1:

Train rails near the Way river.


The division:


Photo 2:

A women in a veil in the market:


The division:


Photo 3:
A duck


The division:


Photo 4:
An old building


The division:


Photo 5:
A posh push-chair


The division:


Photo 6:
Hands on the wall


A very loved photo. I think the division here is very clear.

Here are some examples from the textbook to the golden section:
  • "A view of the Boulevards at Paris" by William Henry Fox Talbot
  • "Vue du Pont Saint-Michel et de l´Hôtel-Dieu à`Paris" by Honoré Daumier
  • "Abou-Simbel" by Félix Teynard
  • "Autumn" by Henry Peach Robinson