I chose a photo from my time in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. While at the beach in Falmouth I saw a ship sailing by and decided to take a quick photo. There were a couple of reasons why I chose to crop this photo. The original image has a glare on the left side as well as a buoy in the middle of the water. I wanted to leave out unnecessary details, so that the ship was the main focus on the water. I uncentered the ship in the picture and cropped out the beach so it would seem closer than in the original!
Hi Sarah,
I love how perspective can change the size and definition of an object. It’s funny because the boat seems closer in the cropped image, but it also seems like you are in the water yourself or perhaps on another boat. I would even say that if you cropped most of the water out, the boat would appear as though it was directly in front of you. Unfortunately, the image would get more grainy, so the illusion would be lost, but I think it goes to show how even the most basic images can tell a new story.
Hello Sarah,
Great to see your original work being used for the exercise. Who knew 5-6 years later you would be creating a derivative.” Out to Sea” is a dead giveaway title and ties directly to the ship out on the water. The use of the rule of thirds is in full effect with your placement of the object to the right side of the screen. I wish you had a camera with higher resolution to really show the detail better when cropping in. This is difficult to achieve when not shooting in high resolution. Attention to detail is important and identying the glare as an issue was a good decision on your part.