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For me, selecting an image to crop was the hardest. I am a photographer by trade and when I take my photos, I take into account major cropping or rule of thirds into my photography in the camera. I wanted to use my own images, but most of them had already been cropped the way I like them to be, so I grabbed one of my photos from the trash. This was taken in Bar Harbor, Maine last summer. We were as this little cove, parked on the side of the road, literally. I wanted to get out and walk between the rocks when these two gulls decided to join us.
I cropped the bridge and the other bird out to change the story a little bit. Even though gulls can be social animals, I wanted to show off the markings on this particular gull. The bridge was distracting an didn’t make the place seem as magical as it could be.
Hi Casey, I love that you are a photographer and it appears that you have a really good eye! I think it was a really good choice to crop the bridge out. My first thought is that the bird is about to dive down for some food in the cropped picture. In the original picture it looks like the birds are soaring through the air going to their next destination. I don’t think I would have done anything different than you did, maybe leave the other bird. I think this looks really good! Great job!