Cropping 101... Suggestions?

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A snap... how would you crop? Usually I'd crop this tight, just leaving the car door frame, but I'm here to learn! Thoughts?

-- Nigel Smith (nlandgl@unite.com.au), October 29, 2001

Answers

I forgot to add, pity I couldn't capture and add the noise he was making.. serious sinus tunes!

-- Nigel Smith (nlandgl@unite.com.au), October 29, 2001.

I'd just crop the top cars out and crop in from the left to just past the tire. Poor guy...if he only knew the whole world is looking! I have days like that too.

-- Todd Frederick (fredrick@hotcity.com), October 29, 2001.

This is hilarious! Very funny. One altnative view point would be squarely from the side and level with his profile, the rear and front passenger windows filling the frame.

-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@alaska.net), October 29, 2001.

I like it as it is. If anything, I'd move back a bit to include more of the parked cars. The context is a big part of the humor. If you crop in too tight, it seems more like an attempt to ridicule that specific guy.

-- Mike Dixon (mike@mikedixonphotography.com), October 31, 2001.

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