Photo by Sebastian Unrau on Unsplash
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Photo by Brittany Geib on Unsplash
Free to use under the Unsplash License
I chose the Trees on Forest with Sun Rays by Sebastian Unrau because it looked like a very pretty forest but I felt like the photo could be elevated just a little to make it brighter. The shadowing in the photo made the outer areas quite dark and didn’t draw my attention quite as much as I thought it could before the crop. I think that the tree and focal area that the author was trying to draw our attention to was a little distracting with all the extra trees and darker shaded areas. I used the third method to crop the image and make the focal on the tree and the brightness of the sun’s reflection on the forest. Having those two areas of the focal point really draws your eyes to the brightness of the sun and the tree being the focal point in the forest. I love the way the cropped image makes me feel like this is an early morning when the sun has just reached the peak point in the sky. It is quite a stunning shot by Sebastian Unrau.
Hi Brittany, what an excellent job with this image cropping! I do believe that the way you cropped this image tells a different story. The first image seemed kind of dull and dark like you were saying. When you cropped it the focal pointe changed drastically and I was able to focus more on the small little tree in the middle. I also like how when you cropped the image it brightened it up drastically and it went from a dark and shadowy to a little more bright and warm. Overall I don’t think I could have cropped this image any better than what you’ve done so no suggestions on that end. Beautifully done!
Brittany, I enjoyed what you did with cropping this image. The original image is very dark and it’s hard to find one part of the image that really draws your attention. In cropping this image, you allow the focal point to be both the light and smaller tree in the center, which works well as they complement each other. I liked that you chose to focus on the smaller tree and light as light is so important to growth in the forest. I don’t have any suggestions for improvement. Well done!