Most pictures will need cropping
to reach their full potential. Cropping is cutting
the edges out of an image to make it more complete.
This can mean that you focus on one subject, put them
in one of the thirds, make the picture balance and
cut off excess space.
When taking pictures you should think about how
you can crop them later, remember that you cannot
put the edges back onto an image that is zoomed
in too far. However, you can crop a zoomed out image
in further. You should always keep this in mind.
An image can be made a lot more interesting if
it is thin or thick, rather than the usual square
or 4:3 image. For example this picture of a spider
has been cropped thinly to show only the spider
and a path in front of it. this shows the spider
is moving and facing towards a journey ahead.
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