Critique : Kylie & Her Daughters - Crop Advice Please.

snoop69 · 05-03-2013, 12:19

Took this not so long ago & I am wondering if I should have taken it
in landscape orientation for future ref?

Comments & advice very welcome.

Kylie & Girls by Paul Wright69, on Flickr

-Paul- · 05-03-2013, 12:45

Looks good to me. I would leave it as it is.

mrtoad · 05-03-2013, 14:21

the extended arms are asking for portrait since you have them in such a good compositional arrangement
you need to just leave this and if then you want to do any cropping at all just a bit from the bottom up to the fingers this would take out the leggy part of 'miss' on the left and keep eyes moving upwards
cheers
geof

strax · 05-03-2013, 15:14

I too think the portrait orientation is good. I would however consider cropping just above the hands which would leave the focus more on the faces.

snoop69 · 05-03-2013, 21:26 **Thread Starter**

Thanks all, you are right, it should be left as it is.
Maybe if the girl on our left had her arm down, I could
Have turned it landscape.

Robert Davies · 05-03-2013, 22:09

It's pretty much perfect as is.

To turn it landscape would mean a crop just under miss on the right's chin, indeed I'm not even sure that you could get a workable landscape crop out of that image.

I say again, it's perfect as it is.

Robert Davies · 05-03-2013, 22:16

Thinking on however, there *is* something that niggles me slightly about the pose from a mumbo-jumbo psychobabble point of view....

Mum's back is to one of the daughters, and the other daughter is within Mum's embrace.

05-03-2013, 12:19	#1
snoop69 Feet under the table Real name : Paul Location: Deal Posts: 2,203 Camera: Canon 1dmkII	Kylie & Her Daughters - Crop Advice Please. Took this not so long ago & I am wondering if I should have taken it in landscape orientation for future ref? Comments & advice very welcome. Kylie & Girls by Paul Wright69, on Flickr __________________ Canon 1dmkII - Canon 50mm, Sigma 24-60mm, Sigma 70-200mm, Sigma 120-300mm, Canon 580 Ex.

05-03-2013, 14:21	#3
mrtoad Growing roots Real name : Geof Location: southwest cornwall Posts: 11,266 Camera: Lumix G1 micro 4/3	the extended arms are asking for portrait since you have them in such a good compositional arrangement you need to just leave this and if then you want to do any cropping at all just a bit from the bottom up to the fingers this would take out the leggy part of 'miss' on the left and keep eyes moving upwards cheers geof __________________ Lumix G1 - 14-45 Zoom Lumix FZ7 - 12x Zoom “Would I were with him, wheresome'er he is, either in heaven or in hell ...Henry V

05-03-2013, 15:14	#4
strax Forum Regular Real name : Robert Location: Ayrshire, Scotland Posts: 923 Camera: Nikon D700	I too think the portrait orientation is good. I would however consider cropping just above the hands which would leave the focus more on the faces. __________________ My Portraits Website(NEW) My Photoblog Nikon D700, Nikon D300, Canon S95, Bronica ETRS, Minolta XG-1n

05-03-2013, 12:45	#2
-Paul- Forum Regular Real name : Paul. Location: St Helens near Liverpool. Posts: 877	Looks good to me. I would leave it as it is.

05-03-2013, 21:26 Thread Starter	#5
snoop69 Feet under the table Real name : Paul Location: Deal Posts: 2,203 Camera: Canon 1dmkII	Thanks all, you are right, it should be left as it is. Maybe if the girl on our left had her arm down, I could Have turned it landscape.

05-03-2013, 22:09	#6
Robert Davies Mrs Bucket Real name : Robert Location: Wrexham People's Republic Posts: 467 Camera: 1D	It's pretty much perfect as is. To turn it landscape would mean a crop just under miss on the right's chin, indeed I'm not even sure that you could get a workable landscape crop out of that image. I say again, it's perfect as it is.

05-03-2013, 22:16	#7
Robert Davies Mrs Bucket Real name : Robert Location: Wrexham People's Republic Posts: 467 Camera: 1D	Thinking on however, there is something that niggles me slightly about the pose from a mumbo-jumbo psychobabble point of view.... Mum's back is to one of the daughters, and the other daughter is within Mum's embrace.