composition?

[sworks]

I have 2 photos I took of a friends baby, they both look ok but in one of them I haven't got the whole of the top of her head (oops) is this normally deemed acceptable as long as it's a nice photo or would you pro's auto bin it?

 

[Just Dave]

Think we'd need to see the photo first

 

[scottthehat]

we need to see.

 

[sworks]

I'm not happy with the processing and not finnished as I'm not even sure if colour would be better but as a guide:-


IMG_0894 by sworks, on Flickr


IMG_0905 by sworks, on Flickr

 

[Alastair]

IMG_0905 by sworks, on Flickr

We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!




But on a more serious note..

I don't think cropping the top of the head matters very much. It's less of a "done thing" than cropping feet, but not a definite no-no in my opinion.

If anything I think the shot is a bit too central, just rough masking the shot on the screen I think it could be cropped from the right to remove the elbow (but keep the whole hand) and this then put the head slightly less central. The pose does tend to exagerate the size of the head, so moving it off centre helps reduce this.