One of the many traditions you can expect from our nation’s capital is that majestic trees will be decorated and lighted as we approach Christmas. For frequent fliers, Reagan Washington Airport (DCA) provides us every year with a Grand Fir that reaches over 20 feet high and reminds us the season is here. Not only do the permanent flags decorating the terminals prompt our patriotic nature and remind us where we reside. But now, the addition of lights and colors let us know that home is just a roundtrip away. As per the travelers visiting this fantastic city and airport, it is a good reminder that in DC, we value our traditions.
Therefore, modifying the picture emphasizes the majestic tree’s nature without benches or the glass wall interference. Consequently, choosing a 1×1 ratio, the terminal length becomes equal and creates the path for those traveling out of DC as a background.
Hi, Alex. I love your Christmas tree photo. In addition to the beautiful tree, the photo contains several interesting linear elements – the hallway, pattern of the flooring, framing on the windows, and ceiling pattern. I like that you cropped some of the windows out and kept the ceiling and hallway in the image. You simplified the photo, but the sense of depth remains. My only suggestion would be to attempt to edit the photo to straighten the image. It appears tilted to the right a bit. Other than that, it’s a great image!
Hey there Alex! I actually quite like the original image, very bright and majestic indeed. I’ve honestly never seen a terribly huge Christmas tree like that myself, so it’s something to imagine.
I love the first image by itself, you can definitely see right away how big the tree is just from looking at it compared to everything else around it. You can tell from the proportions how it just makes everything around it look a little bit smaller.
For the crop, I really like it! It definitely emphasizes the tree by itself. I feel it loses just a little bit of it’s size due to some other things growing bigger with it. I do enjoy that it overall pulls more attention to the tree.
It’s not precisely what you were looking for, but I wonder about a crop that is more focused on the tree and the window. Play up the contrast of the two to get a greater emphasis, what with the cool geometric window next to the warm organic looking tree.